On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Steven Friedrich <free...@insightbb.com>wrote:
> On Saturday 06 November 2010 12:01:53 pm Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:23:39AM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > I recently figured out how to send mail thru my ISP ID using ssmtp. I > > > had previously only been using KMail, and I had it configured to use > > > port 465 SSL LOGIN. > > > > > > I can send mail when I don't use port 465: > > > mailhub=mail.InsightBB.com > > > > > > but if I add the port 465 a,d enable SSL with: > > > UseTLS=YES > > > > > > then I use the -v switch and also -auFreeBSD -apPassword > > > as in smtp -v -auFreeBSD -apPassword free...@insightbb.com > > > > > > and the messages all indicate success, but the mail never arrives. It > > > does when I don't use SSL on port 465. > > > > > > KMail does work with SSL on port 465. > > > > I'm not entirely clear on what you're using as a mail user agent. Are > > you still using KMail as your MUA, but using ssmtp to send the emails to > > your SMTP server, or have you switched MUAs when you started using ssmtp? > > > > Chris Brennan suggested you send more information; in addition to > > answering my question, it might be useful to give us the information > > Chris requested -- but make sure you obscure any username/password > > information. > > I still use KMail for my essential email. > > However, I want to be able to use send-pr. There is a port called ssmtp, > and I use it only for outgoing mail, it allows any userID to send outgoing > email using a single ISP account. > > When my /usr/local/etc/ssmtp.conf is: > root=free...@insightbb.com > mailhub=mail.InsightBB.com > rewriteDomain=InsightBB.com > hostname=_HOSTNAME_ > > I can send an outgoing email to myself so I can prove it works. > ssmtp -v free...@insighttbb.com > > And the verbose output indicates success. I didn't post it, just stated > what > it was. > > But when I configure SSL on port 465, it also shows a good exchange, but > maybe > I didn't wait long enough to see it get thru the ISP's system. > > So my SSL version of ssmtp.conf is: > root=free...@insightbb.com > mailhub=mail.InsightBB.com:465 > rewriteDomain=InsightBB.com > hostname=_HOSTNAME_ > # Use SSL/TLS to send secure messages to server. > UseTLS=YES > > The verbose option indicated success when sending an email from root. Let > me > verify that it wasn't my mistake for not waiting longer... > -- > System Name: laptop2.StevenFriedrich.org > Hardware: 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 (HTT) with 2 GB memory > OS version: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1 i386 (6.4 MB kernel) > manager(s): kde4-4.5.3 > X windows: xorg-7.5 X.Org X Server 1.7.5 > _______________________________________________ > /var/log/maillog is where you will see success/fail. Your config looks good to me, so I would watch maillog while sending mail and see what crops up. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"