Re: SOLVED: FW: The SMTP server did not accept Auth PLAIN value.

> Guys,
>
> I just created a brand new gmail account just for blat, so maybe the 
> default settings have changed from before.
>
> Solution:  Simply let gmail allow access for less secure applications 
> (such as hotmail, and apparently blat).
>
> Just search gmail help for "allow less secure applications" and click on 
> it.  It's that easy.
>
>Regards,
> Lou Dudka


Lou,

I had time to check my system this evening for Gmail access, and I found 
that your login userid should be only the email address before the @ symbol. 
The -u option for userid should not include @gmail.com.  That's how I have 
my system configured, and it works for me.

I also noticed that your stunnel.conf file had near to nothing in it, so 
that you would be using SSL 1.0 (least secure) to connect to Gmail.  I would 
suggest that you add some entries to your stunnel.conf to look more like 
this:

            # SERVICE-LEVEL OPTIONS
            CAfile = cert.pem
            cert = client.pem
            client = yes
            RNDfile = .rnd
            sslVersion = TLSv1
            fips = no

            [SMTP Gmail]
            accept = 127.0.0.1:25
            ;accept = 25
            connect = smtp.googlemail.com:587
            protocol = smtp

            [POP3 Gmail]
            ;accept = 127.0.0.1:1109
            accept = 143
            connect = pop.googlemail.com:995
            protocol = pop3


Make sure that tell Blat to use server IP address 127.0.0.1, port 25.

Chip