Matthias: I will give this a go on my weewx instance and see what the issue is. I have a gmail account and have utilized this smtp library in the past with other Python 3 solutions. I will let you know.
Doug On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 10:08:05 AM UTC-4 rogu...@gmail.com wrote: > Thank you very much for your suggestions. > I tried port 587 in weewx.conf which did not work (both with username + @ > gmail.com and without). > > Then I tried adding the port in the alarm.py with the following result > (botth with/without @gmail.com in weewx.conf) > Jul 30 16:00:24 loxberry /weewxd: alarm: Alarm expression "outTemp > 24.0" > evaluated True at 2021-07-30 16:00:00 CEST (1627653600) > Jul 30 16:00:24 loxberry /weewxd: alarm: unable to use SMTP_SSL connection. > Jul 30 16:00:24 loxberry /weewxd: alarm: unable to sound alarm. Reason: > [Errno 111] Connection refused > > > code in alarm.py: > try: > # First try end-to-end encryption > s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.smtp_host, timeout=self.timeout, > port=587) > syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "alarm: using SMTP_SSL on port > 587") > > do...@dougjenkins.com schrieb am Freitag, 30. Juli 2021 um 15:47:49 UTC+2: > >> Matthias: >> >> Gmail requires a SSL Authenticated connection using TLS. It is configured >> to look for traffic from port 587. >> >> I looked at the alarm.py code on the master branch in github (weewx/alarm.py >> at master · weewx/weewx (github.com) >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/master/examples/alarm.py> and it is >> already set appropriately for the smtplib package for SSL, but the port is >> not expressively set, so it is defaulting to port 465 per the smtplib >> package spec ( smtplib — SMTP protocol client — Python 3.9.6 >> documentation <https://docs.python.org/3/library/smtplib.html>) >> >> So I would do the following: >> 1. I would try Gary's suggestion in putting the port after the smtp_host >> line. >> 2. If that does not work, then I would modify the alarm.py code to supply >> the port in this manner >> >> >> # Starting at line 168 >> try: >> >> # First try end-to-end encryption >> s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.smtp_host, timeout=self.timeout, port=587) >> syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "alarm: using SMTP_SSL on port 587") >> >> Please let me know if that helps. >> >> Doug >> On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 8:22:30 AM UTC-4 gjr80 wrote: >> >>> What about smtp_host = smtp.gmail.com:587 ? If you search the forums >>> for ‘smtp.gmail’ you will find a few threads where folks have had gmail >>> smtp issues plus a few suggestions for troubleshooting. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Friday, 30 July 2021 at 22:14:19 UTC+10 rogu...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all together, >>>> >>>> it seems I can't get the alarm.py running. >>>> I always get an error during authentication to google server: >>>> alarm: SMTP mailer refused message with error (535, b'5.7.8 Username >>>> and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n5.7.8 >>>> https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials j13sm1499223wms.24 - >>>> gsmtp') >>>> >>>> I am using the following config: >>>> >>>> [Alarm] >>>> expression = outTemp > 24.0 >>>> time_wait = 1800 >>>> smtp_host = smtp.gmail.com >>>> smtp_user = relaymtx >>>> smtp_password = mypassword >>>> from = weewx >>>> mailto = mymail >>>> subject = Alarm from weewx! >>>> count_treshold = 10 >>>> >>>> I did several attempts in changing the smtp_user by adding @gmail.com >>>> which results in the same error. >>>> Also tried adding port 465 to smtp.gmail.com:465 without success. >>>> IMAP access is activated in the gmail-account. >>>> So any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Matthias >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b0da817b-6f76-461c-974d-e48e16d30333n%40googlegroups.com.
