From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Alessandro Bertulli <alessandro.bertulli96@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Problem with TLS when sending emails
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 15:44:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8uc5gm7.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJczNmCM2aJHrRfdsV7efmfFk3NTK0tpAF4qUh-rLAKxB1uOpA@mail.gmail.com> (Alessandro Bertulli's message of "Wed, 11 May 2022 15:28:18 +0200")
>>>>> On Wed, 11 May 2022 15:28:18 +0200, Alessandro Bertulli <alessandro.bertulli96@gmail.com> said:
Alessandro> Hi all.
Alessandro> I was trying to set up my Gmail configuration to send emails from
Alessandro> Emacs. However, I encounter a problem with TLS.
Alessandro> 1) I set up a file ~/.authinfo.gpg, where I put
Alessandro> machine imap.gmail.com login alessandro.bertulli96@gmail.com password
Alessandro> -pswd- port 993
Alessandro> machine smtp.gmail.com login alessandro.bertulli96@gmail.com password
Alessandro> -pswd- port 587
Alessandro> Note that "-pswd-" is actually the 16 char long app password generated
Alessandro> by Gmail, required to use external clients.
Alessandro> 2) My init file contains
Alessandro> (setq user-full-name "Alessandro Bertulli"
Alessandro> user-mail-address "alessandro.bertulli96@gmail.com")
Alessandro> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
Alessandro> smtpmail-smtp-service 587
^^^
This is the 'submission' port, which listens on TCP only. You want
'smtps', which is 465, and supports TLS.
Alessandro> What can it be? Is this the right way to send emails? Has any other had
Alessandro> problems with Gmail?
I use 465 with gmail with no problems.
Robert
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2022-05-11 13:28 Problem with TLS when sending emails Alessandro Bertulli
2022-05-11 13:44 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2022-05-11 15:34 ` Leo Butler
2022-05-11 15:44 ` Robert Pluim
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2022-05-11 16:20 Alessandro Bertulli
2022-05-11 16:28 ` Robert Pluim
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