How to? Setting up SMTP access for Yahoo with TCMD v20

[Charles G]

The information from yahoo help pages is:

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Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server

• Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Port - 465 or 587
• Requires SSL - Yes
• Requires TLS - Yes (if available)
• Requires authentication - Yes

Your login info

• Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com.)
• Password - Your account's password.
• Requires authentication - Yes

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Not sure how to set up TLS or authentication under Option - Internet, or elsewhere.

TIA for any help...

 

[Charles G]

I asked a similar question at [title] which was also not answered.....

 

[rconn]

You don't need to set up TLS. If you enable SSL, then TCC will automatically negotiate TLS (1.2, 1.1, or 1.0).

If you define your username and password, you get authentication. You can optionally provide the /M option if your server requires it.

 

[Charles G]

Rex,

When doing: [sendmail /v csgalloway@gmail.com testing bodytesting] the EHLO line below mean?

I do have under SET /p [COMPUTERNAME=GALLOWAY-HP]

Connecting to mail server.
Connected.
220 smtp.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP ready
EHLO Galloway-HP
250-smtp.mail.yahoo.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 41697280
250-8 BITMIME
250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN XOAUTH2 XYMCOOKIE OAUTHBEARER
AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
Y2hhcmxlc2dhbGxvd2F5QHlhaG9vLmNvbQ==
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
QTd0OFdTZEY=
535 5.7.0 (#MBR1212) Incorrect username or password.
TCC: SMTP protocol error. 535 5.7.0 (#MBR1212) Incorrect username or password..



And I do have the correct email address under options > Internet tab.....

 

[vefatica]

When doing: [sendmail /v csgalloway@gmail.com testing bodytesting] the EHLO line below mean?

If you're asking what the EHLO is ... it (or perhaps the older HELO) is the expected first thing a client says after the server says "220 [my name is] ... ready". It's just a "handshake" (and my name is ...). Typically nothing depends on it. You should see how common "EHLO localhost" is!

 

[Charles G]

Now I am getting:

sendmail /v csgalloway@gmail.com testing bodytesting
Connecting to mail server.
Connected.
220 smtp.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP ready
EHLO Galloway-HP
250-smtp.mail.yahoo.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 41697280
250-8 BITMIME
250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN XOAUTH2 XYMCOOKIE OAUTHBEARER
AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
Y2hhcmxlc2dhbGxvd2F5
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
QTd0OFdTZEY=
235 2.0.0 OK
RSET
250 flushed
MAIL FROM: <charlesgalloway>
501 Syntax error in arguments
TCC: SMTP protocol error. 501 Syntax error in arguments.

I searched online and it seems it's the < and > around the MAIL FROM charlesgalloway line.

 

[vefatica]

I searched online and it seems it's the < and > around the MAIL FROM charlesgalloway line.

I'm pretty sure <> are part of the SMTP protocol. I just looked at about 4000 mail deliveries to my work computer. Every one has the <>.

However, it could be the lack of a valid email address in the "MAIL FROM". In Option\Internet\SMTP, try making "Address" a complete email address.

 

[Charles G]

Thank you Rex and Vince for helping me solve the emailing from Yahoo yesterday. I think it would help if the Help / Docs would say that the valuses are only read on startup - not during TCC or TCMD running. Maybe you can help with another Yahoo problem - which I shall post shortly!