[WebDNA] SMTP via gmail is NOT POSSIBLE

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2013


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Apparently WebDNA cannot use gmail's SMTP service because WebDNA cannot communicate via TLS which gmail requires. Therefore I installed and configured a SMTP server, a resource hog on my supposedly minimal VPS, but at least WebDNA can send email now. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.webdnasolutions.com WebDNA Programming and Linux Server Administration > What does this error mean in the EmailLog.txt file: > > General email error -1 > > I was trying to send mail from my server via > smtp.gmail.com rather than using a mail transfer agent > on the server, but the WebDNA Emailer Prefs form has > only these 5 fields in it: > > SMTP Mail Server > SMTP Mail Server Port > Enable Email Authentication > Authentication Username > Authentication Password > > The problem here is that there are no fields for these > two settings which gmail apparently requires: > > SMTP Security > SMTP Port > > So is it correct to say that WebDNA cannot send mail via > gmail's SMTP server -- until possibly some time in the > future when WSC updates the WebDNA Emailer code? > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.webdnasolutions.com > WebDNA Programming and Linux Server Administration Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] SMTP via gmail is NOT POSSIBLE (Scott Walters 2013)
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  3. Re: [WebDNA] SMTP via gmail is NOT POSSIBLE (Olin Lagon 2013)
  4. [WebDNA] SMTP via gmail is NOT POSSIBLE (WebDNA Solutions 2013)
Apparently WebDNA cannot use gmail's SMTP service because WebDNA cannot communicate via TLS which gmail requires. Therefore I installed and configured a SMTP server, a resource hog on my supposedly minimal VPS, but at least WebDNA can send email now. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.webdnasolutions.com WebDNA Programming and Linux Server Administration > What does this error mean in the EmailLog.txt file: > > General email error -1 > > I was trying to send mail from my server via > smtp.gmail.com rather than using a mail transfer agent > on the server, but the WebDNA Emailer Prefs form has > only these 5 fields in it: > > SMTP Mail Server > SMTP Mail Server Port > Enable Email Authentication > Authentication Username > Authentication Password > > The problem here is that there are no fields for these > two settings which gmail apparently requires: > > SMTP Security > SMTP Port > > So is it correct to say that WebDNA cannot send mail via > gmail's SMTP server -- until possibly some time in the > future when WSC updates the WebDNA Emailer code? > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.webdnasolutions.com > WebDNA Programming and Linux Server Administration WebDNA Solutions

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