Re: [courier-users] Using gMail as Relay

Sam Varshavchik writes:

>> I want to use gMail as my mail relay since my ISP blocks outgoing
>> connections to port 25. I am having difficulties...
>>
>> If I set it to use TLS (/SECURITY=STARTTLS)
>
> That's not standard TLS. It's something else. See INSTALL.

I will do that, thank you.

>> in my esmtproutes file gmail
>> responds to the relay attempt with an error 500 that it cannot set minimum
>> security level.

> Of course, since Gmail does not implement this Courier-only feature.

I assume you are not saying that TLS is a courier-only feature, so what
featuer are you talking about?

>> I have configured esmtpauthclient so that smtp.gmail.com should authenticate
>> with my username and password. If I remove the opition to force the use of
>> TLS I get an error saying authentication is required.
>
> Then you did not set up authentication properly.

Well that is just brilliant. I figured that out on my own, thanks.

>> I am not sure what is wrong. Can anyone help?
>
> Not until you post the contents of your configuration files. Without that,
> we have to use our psychics to figure out what you put in them, and what
> needs to be fixed; however all of our psychics are out to lunch now, but
> they'll be back shortly.

Well, I didn't want to flood the group with my entire email configuration,
so perhaps you could be more specific as to which files I should post?

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