"relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

"relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Dan Anderson]

        I've (finally) set up Gnus to properly grab and store my mail.
I'm now running into a problem  trying to configure my SMTP server.  I
need to log into my server but the following doesn't work:

,----
| (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
| (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
| (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.host.com")
| (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
|       '(("host.com" "25" "username" "password")))
| (setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
| (setq smtpmail-debug-verb t)
`----

I end up getting something that looks like:

550 5.7.1 <somebody@somewhere.com>... Relaying denied

The entire text of  the message is at the end of  the mail.  What am I
doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Dan

,----[ Entire Error Messages ]
| 220 mailserver.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:03:04 -0600
| EHLO my_hostname
| 250-torre.pghoster.com Hello my_hostname [my ip], pleased to meet you
| 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
| 250-8BITMIME
| 250-SIZE
| 250-DSN
| 250-ONEX
| 250-ETRN
| 250-XUSR
| 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
| 250 HELP
| ONEX
| 250 2.0.0 Only one transaction
| XUSR
| 250 2.0.0 Initial submission
| MAIL FROM: <myemail@hostname.com> SIZE=347
| 250 2.1.0 <myemail@hostname.com>... Sender ok
| RCPT TO: <whoimemailing@hostname.com>
| 550 5.7.1 <whoimemailing@hostname.com>... Relaying denied
| QUIT
| 221 2.0.0 mailserver.com closing connection
`----

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> From: Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:07:52 GMT
> 
> ,----
> | (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> | (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> | (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.host.com")
> | (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
> |       '(("host.com" "25" "username" "password")))
> | (setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
> | (setq smtpmail-debug-verb t)
> `----
> 
> I end up getting something that looks like:
> 
> 550 5.7.1 <somebody@somewhere.com>... Relaying denied

The smtpmail docs says that the port can be either a string or a
number, but the code wants a number.  So change this:

 (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
       '(("host.com" "25" "username" "password")))

into this:

 (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
       '(("host.com" 25 "username" "password")))

and things will probably start working.

I also have this line in my customizations:

 (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 25)

If this doesn't help, post here the entire contents of the SMTP
session buffer.

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:

> > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> > From: Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:07:52 GMT
> > 
> > ,----
> > | (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> > | (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> > | (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.host.com")
> > | (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
> > |       '(("host.com" "25" "username" "password")))
> > | (setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
> > | (setq smtpmail-debug-verb t)
> > `----
> > 
> > I end up getting something that looks like:
> > 
> > 550 5.7.1 <somebody@somewhere.com>... Relaying denied
> 
> The smtpmail docs says that the port can be either a string or a
> number, but the code wants a number.  So change this:
> 
>  (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
>        '(("host.com" "25" "username" "password")))
> 
> into this:
> 
>  (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
>        '(("host.com" 25 "username" "password")))

If a string works (don't know) it would probably have to be "smtp" and
not "25".

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Dan Anderson]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:

I tried and it still doesn't work.  Here's the error message:

,----[ Entire Error Messages ]
| 220 mailserver.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:03:04 -0600
| EHLO my_hostname
| 250-torre.pghoster.com Hello my_hostname [my ip], pleased to meet you
| 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
| 250-8BITMIME
| 250-SIZE
| 250-DSN
| 250-ONEX
| 250-ETRN
| 250-XUSR
| 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
| 250 HELP
| ONEX
| 250 2.0.0 Only one transaction
| XUSR
| 250 2.0.0 Initial submission
| MAIL FROM: <myemail@hostname.com> SIZE=347
| 250 2.1.0 <myemail@hostname.com>... Sender ok
| RCPT TO: <whoimemailing@hostname.com>
| 550 5.7.1 <whoimemailing@hostname.com>... Relaying denied
| QUIT
| 221 2.0.0 mailserver.com closing connection
`----

Thanks for everyone's help,

-Dan

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> From: Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:55:14 GMT
> 
> I tried and it still doesn't work.  Here's the error message:
> 
> ,----[ Entire Error Messages ]
> | 220 mailserver.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:03:04 -0600
> | EHLO my_hostname
> | 250-torre.pghoster.com Hello my_hostname [my ip], pleased to meet you
> | 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> | 250-8BITMIME
> | 250-SIZE
> | 250-DSN
> | 250-ONEX
> | 250-ETRN
> | 250-XUSR
> | 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> | 250 HELP
> | ONEX
> | 250 2.0.0 Only one transaction
> | XUSR
> | 250 2.0.0 Initial submission
> | MAIL FROM: <myemail@hostname.com> SIZE=347
> | 250 2.1.0 <myemail@hostname.com>... Sender ok
> | RCPT TO: <whoimemailing@hostname.com>
> | 550 5.7.1 <whoimemailing@hostname.com>... Relaying denied

Hmm... strange.  What version of Emacs is that?

It looks like smtpmail doesn't recognize the authentication methods
supported by your SMTP server: it should have issued the "AUTH LOGIN"
command before "ONEX", but didn't.  I wonder why...

Btw, are you sure your mail server indeed supports connections from
outside its domain?  It's possible that it doesn't, in which case
"Relaying denied" is expected: it tells you that it doesn't want to be
used as a mail relay (malicious hackers abuse that to send spam).

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Dan Anderson]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:
> Hmm... strange.  What version of Emacs is that?
21.3

> Btw, are you sure your mail server indeed supports connections from
> outside its domain?  It's possible that it doesn't, in which case
> "Relaying denied" is expected: it tells you that it doesn't want to be
> used as a mail relay (malicious hackers abuse that to send spam).

        Yup, I use my mail server all the time through evolution.  And
I really  want to switch to Gnus  but *absolutely* need to  be able to
send mail.

Thanks for your help,

-Dan

Re: "relaying denied" -- Can't set up SMTP

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> From: Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:12:03 GMT
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:
> > Hmm... strange.  What version of Emacs is that?
> 21.3

Ah, that explains it: Emacs 21.3 does not support AUTH in SMTP.  You
need the version of smtpmail.el from the Emacs CVS.