Quoting Martin G. McCormick (mar...@server1.shellworld.net):
> The fun never ends. I installed msmtp and as near as I can tell
> it works as advertised. My SMTP smarthost at
> Suddenlink.net presents the following banner which nicely
> explains what one needs to do to get real work done. I've had a
> little trouble getting msmtp to fit what is required. The
> documentation provided by Suddenlink says that smtp is provided
> on ports 25 and 587 and both display the following banner:
>
> SMTP server at smtp.suddenlink.net (smtp.suddenlink.net [208.180.40.68]),
> port 587:
> txasav-vm06.suddenlink.net ESMTP server (InterMail vM.8.04.03.20
> 201-2389-100-164-20150330) ready Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:59:42 -0500
> Capabilities:
> SIZE 52428800:
> Maximum message size is 52428800 bytes = 50.00 MiB
> PIPELINING:
> Support for command grouping for faster transmission
> ETRN:
> Support for RMQS (Remote Message Queue Starting)
> DSN:
> Support for Delivery Status Notifications
> AUTH:
> Supported authentication methods:
> PLAIN LOGIN
I see no encryption here. I think this is why it is telling you that
it "cannot use a secure authentication method". I wrote "You might
want to check out port 587 but I think you'll be disappointed"
just this morning. As I wrote there, you should try port 465.
> Here's the .msmtprc file with password redacted.
>
> # Set default values for all following accounts.
> defaults
> tls off
↑↑↑
Looking at msmtp.pdf I'm almost certain you need tls on, even though
it could work that out for itself by looking at the port number, 465.
> tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
> logfile ~/.msmtp.log
>
> # Set a default account
> account default
> auth on
> from marti...@suddenlink.net
> protocol smtp
> port 587
↑↑↑
Change this to 465.
> # The SMTP smarthost.
> host smtp.suddenlink.net
> user martin.m
> password 'IfItoldu,Idhave2'
> passwordeval eval
↑↑↑↑
I'm not sure why you have this line if the previous one has just told
it the password already. I would remove it.
> # Construct envelope-from addresses of the form "user@oursite.example".
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The comment above doesn't agree with the next line. It doesn't
construct the envelope-from; you've set it with "from marti...@suddenlink.net"
> auto_from off
> # Don't use starttls.
> tls off
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This line duplicates one higher up. I think you need on.
> tls_starttls off
> #tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
>
> # Syslog logging with facility LOG_MAIL instead of the default LOG_USER.
> syslog LOG_MAIL
> Believe it or not, this is the closest I have gotten to
> making anything work.
I assume you haven't tried typing in my example, then.
Cheers,
David.
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