Subj : Relaying through Gmail -- suggestions?
To   : Sam Alexander
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 26 2022 12:16:52

  Re: Relaying through Gmail -- suggestions?
  By: Sam Alexander to All on Sat Mar 26 2022 05:36 am

 > So I've racked my brain on this for a few hours now, so until I go further
 > here I am.  Trying to relay SMTP through my gmail account.  Created an app
 > specific password and here's what I have in sbbs.ini for email specific to
 > smtp: TLSSubmissionPort = 465
 > SMTPPort = 25
 > RelayServer = smtp.gmail.com
 > RelayPort 587
 > RelayUsername = ****@gmail.com
 > RelayPassword = **********
 > Options = ALLOW_POP3 | USE_SUBMISSION_PORT | TLS_SUBMISSION | TLS_POP3 |
 > RELAY_TX
 >
 > In the logs it's giving a 530 "5.7.0" error which per Google is "Must issue
 > a STARTTLS command first".  I've read that Sync does support STARTTLS, but
 > what am I missing? Thanks --


Yes, Synchronet will issue a STARTTLS command when sending via SMTP.

You do appear to be lacking any of the RELAY_AUTH options, so that your mail won't be authenticating you with the server and that seems like a likely problem.
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