I tried typing "snoop" in the terminal, but it didn't seem to be a
valid command.  Do I have to get it from somewhere?

Thanks,
Terrence

Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> Hmm, Apple has gotten a little better in this regard, but diagnosis of
> sending failures is still tricky.
>
> There is a entire conversation that goes on, and the SMTP server will
> either say
> 250 OK
> or 4XX Error message
>
> Where the error message might be "Unauthorized from address", or
> "Message too large" or "Unknown recipient".
>
> When I have encountered these problems I would attempt the SMTP
> conversation by hand. You might be able to see it in the activity
> monitor but it probably happens too fast.
>
> I have seen some rules to follow with Googles's server but I can't
> answer in general.
>
> Try to get somebody with eyes to watch the activity window while you
> send. The only other thing I can  think to do would be to open a
> terminal window and run snoop on that. Snoop would allow you to watch
> the SMTP conversation, if it is not SSL encrypted.
> Jon
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 6:57 PM, terre...@terrencevak.net wrote:
>
> > Ah, OK, will have to check on my cursor tracking then.
> > For the messages, I just get a dialog box that says the message
> > couldn't
> > be sent using the server I'd chosen, and giving me the options to
> > choose
> > a server, send with the selected server, try later, etc.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Terrence
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: Re: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP
> >> From: "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jon.c.c...@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, August 27, 2009 2:20 pm
> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> >>
> >> 1. It depends on the kind of dialog and if you have cursor tracking
> >> on
> >> or not. Some dialogs are linked to windows and h those can be more
> >> difficult if you have cursor tracking off. I think if you route VO
> >> cursor to keyoboard you should be OK>
> >> 2. What is happening when you send out e-mail? Are you getting a
> >> bounce message back, or  does it just do you get a dialog box?
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> On Aug 27, 2009, at 6:14 PM, terre...@terrencevak.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello, all,
> >>> Sometimes when an alert/dialog pops up, VO doesn't switch to it.  Is
> >>> there a way to move to it without using the mouse?
> >>> On another note, I'm having trouble with setting up outgoing mail
> >>> (SMTP)
> >>> servers.  I got the thing set up OK, and Connection Doctor says that
> >>> the
> >>> connection worked, but I can never send messages through that SMTP
> >>> server.  My iPhone, however, sends messages through that server with
> >>> no
> >>> problem.  I've checked that the settings are the same and they
> >>> seem to
> >>> be identical.  Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?  And/or,
> >>> are
> >>> there other recommended mail clients besides AppleMail?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Terrence
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > >
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