Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account
On February 12, 2022 9:58:50 PM PST, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >Hi, > >I am using the browser (sorry) to send this e-mail because I am no >longer able to send email from mutt from anything other than my office >account (which uses smtp and is delivered via postfix). > >So, here is what I have in my .muttrc at the very end. > > >folder-hook . 'unset smtp_url' >folder-hook '(mutt|R|fedora|postfix|fetchmail|openbox|sylpheed)' 'set >from = t...@email.com; set >smtp_url="smtps://t...@email.com@smtp.mail.com:465/"; set >smtp_pass="xxx"; set envelope_from_address="t...@email.com"; >set use_envelope_from=yes; set from = "t...@email.com"; set >forward_format = "[FW frm %a:%s]"; set realname = ""; my_hdr Bcc: ""; >set ssl_force_tls = yes; set ssl_starttls = yes' > > > >The password is correctly entered (and this configuration worked fine, >in the sense that it delivered email from this account a few weeks ago. >This has not worked for a few weeks and I finally decided to try and >see if anyone had suggestions. > > > >I am on Mutt 2.1.5 and on a full up to date Fedora 35. > > > >I tried debugging and get. > > > >2022-02-12 23:18:26] External SSF: 256 >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] External authentication name: t...@email.com >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_authname: getting authname for >smtp.mail.com:465 >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_authname: getting user for >smtp.mail.com:465 >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_pass: getting password for >mai...@email.com@smtp.mail.com:465 >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] Authenticating (PLAIN)... >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] 5> AUTH PLAIN (removed) >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid One possibility is that your email provider may have disabled normal password auth. I know that both Office365 and GSuite offer a setting to enable or disable using your account password for authentication, with the desired alternative being oauth. I don't remember offhand if there is a way to use oauth with mutt, but these providers will often provide an "app-specific password" mechanism as an alternative. Another thought is to switch to the submission port 587 if the provider offers it. Based on your error messages I doubt it's the issue, but it does provide a small security boost by removing the possibility of STARTTLS stripping attacks. --Sean
Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account
On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:28:15AM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun Feb13'22 09:25:12AM, Charles Cazabon wrote: > > From: Charles Cazabon > > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:25:12 -0600 > > To: mutt-users@mutt.org > > Subject: Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account > > > > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > I am no longer able to send email from mutt from anything other than my > > > office account > > [...] > > >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] 5> AUTH PLAIN (removed) > > >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid > > >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid > > > > Looks like your SMTP AUTH credentials are not valid :) You should probably > > contact your mailhost for assistance. > > > > Thank you for this, it turns out that funky .muttrc settings are not > called for, but rather, the issue may be quiet withdrawal of SMTP > access on the base account, followed by my (now) somewhat noisier > withdrawal from that account. > > Best wishes, > Ranjan In case anyone comes here via a search, another reason that authentication credentials can suddenly stop working is because someone has hacked into the email account and changed the password (presumably via a web interface). cheers, raf
Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account
On Sun Feb13'22 09:25:12AM, Charles Cazabon wrote: > From: Charles Cazabon > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:25:12 -0600 > To: mutt-users@mutt.org > Subject: Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account > > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I am no longer able to send email from mutt from anything other than my > > office account > [...] > >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] 5> AUTH PLAIN (removed) > >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid > >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid > > Looks like your SMTP AUTH credentials are not valid :) You should probably > contact your mailhost for assistance. > Thank you for this, it turns out that funky .muttrc settings are not called for, but rather, the issue may be quiet withdrawal of SMTP access on the base account, followed by my (now) somewhat noisier withdrawal from that account. Best wishes, Ranjan
Re: trouble with sending emails from alternate email account
Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am no longer able to send email from mutt from anything other than my > office account [...] >[2022-02-12 23:18:26] 5> AUTH PLAIN (removed) >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid >[2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid Looks like your SMTP AUTH credentials are not valid :) You should probably contact your mailhost for assistance. Charles -- --- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ ---
trouble with sending emails from alternate email account
Hi, I am using the browser (sorry) to send this e-mail because I am no longer able to send email from mutt from anything other than my office account (which uses smtp and is delivered via postfix). So, here is what I have in my .muttrc at the very end. folder-hook . 'unset smtp_url' folder-hook '(mutt|R|fedora|postfix|fetchmail|openbox|sylpheed)' 'set from = t...@email.com; set smtp_url="smtps://t...@email.com@smtp.mail.com:465/"; set smtp_pass="xxx"; set envelope_from_address="t...@email.com"; set use_envelope_from=yes; set from = "t...@email.com"; set forward_format = "[FW frm %a:%s]"; set realname = ""; my_hdr Bcc: ""; set ssl_force_tls = yes; set ssl_starttls = yes' The password is correctly entered (and this configuration worked fine, in the sense that it delivered email from this account a few weeks ago. This has not worked for a few weeks and I finally decided to try and see if anyone had suggestions. I am on Mutt 2.1.5 and on a full up to date Fedora 35. I tried debugging and get. 2022-02-12 23:18:26] External SSF: 256 [2022-02-12 23:18:26] External authentication name: t...@email.com [2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_authname: getting authname for smtp.mail.com:465 [2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_authname: getting user for smtp.mail.com:465 [2022-02-12 23:18:26] mutt_sasl_cb_pass: getting password for mai...@email.com@smtp.mail.com:465 [2022-02-12 23:18:26] Authenticating (PLAIN)... [2022-02-12 23:18:26] 5> AUTH PLAIN (removed) [2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid [2022-02-12 23:18:27] 5< 535 Authentication credentials invalid Many thanks for reading and any help! Ranjan
