Re: SMTP relaying from Android

On 2016-09-15 22:09, Shepherd Nhongo wrote:
> It Looks like you do not have the ssl service running on your server
> or your email installation is not compiled to run with ssl
> 
> Can you run the cmd
> 
> #svstat /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log
> 
> If yes then what do you get when you tail the qmail-smtpd-ssl log . See 
> below
> 
> #tail -f /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log/main/current


# svstat /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log
/service/qmail-smtpd-ssl: unable to chdir: file does not exist
/service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log: unable to chdir: file does not exist

Hmm . . I have a certificate installed but I think it is only working 
for HTTPS . . so it looks like I need to work out how to use it for SMTP 
as well . . back to Google I guess . .

Thanks!

Regards,

Phil.


> Or do
> 
> #taill -n 50 /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log/main/current
> 
> To see the last fifty lines on the ssl log ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 15 Sep 2016, at 1:53 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Shepherd,
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2016-09-15 21:23, Shepherd Nhongo wrote:
>>> What does your server logs say when you try to send mail from your 
>>> app ?
>> 
>> 
>> I don't even get that far - when I try to setup the Android app with 
>> the server name; Security type = None and port = 25, I get:
>> 
>> "Unable to connect to email server to verify your account information. 
>> No response from server."
>> 
>> If I ignore that message and try to send an email, nothing ever 
>> arrives . .
>> 
>> 
>>> Again so can you telnet into your server and run ehlo anydomain.com
>>> and post results
>> 
>> 
>> # telnet pricom.com.au 25
>> Trying 110.142.211.14...
>> Connected to pricom.com.au.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> ehlo anydomain.com
>> 220 pricom.com.au ESMTP
>> 250-pricom.com.au
>> 250-PIPELINING
>> 250-8BITMIME
>> 250-SIZE 0
>> 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Phil.
>> 
>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> On 15 Sep 2016, at 12:41 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> People,
>>>> I use RoundCubeMail as a webmail client to my QMail server and this 
>>>> works really nicely when I am on the LAN.  There is a RCM client for 
>>>> Android that works via HTTPS to my server for both reading and 
>>>> sending but it is a very kludgey app.  The standard Android app 
>>>> works very nicely for reading mail - the incoming server is set up 
>>>> with the server name and:
>>>> SSL - Accepts all Certification
>>>> and port:
>>>> 993
>>>> via IMAP but I can't work out how to set up outgoing mail.  The 
>>>> Android app wants an outgoing SMTP server and I have tried messing 
>>>> around with the security types:
>>>> None
>>>> SSL
>>>> SSL - Accepts all Certification
>>>> TLS
>>>> TLS - Accepts all Certification
>>>> and ports:
>>>> 25
>>>> 587
>>>> 993
>>>> but couldn't get anything to work.  I could configure relaying to 
>>>> allow a remote host with a static IP to send mail via plain SMTP to 
>>>> my server but not for my phone ie part of /etc/tcp.smtp:
>>>> 107.170.210.205:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" # works
>>>> 101.119.20.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""        # Vodafone fails - looks 
>>>> like an IP problem?
>>>> I don't want to be forced back to HTTPS with the RCM app - any 
>>>> suggestions about how to fix the SMTP sending?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Phil.
>>>> --
>>>> Philip Rhoades
>>>> PO Box 896
>>>> Cowra  NSW  2794
>>>> Australia
>>>> E-mail:  [email protected]
>> 
>> --
>> Philip Rhoades
>> 
>> PO Box 896
>> Cowra  NSW  2794
>> Australia
>> E-mail:  [email protected]

-- 
Philip Rhoades

PO Box 896
Cowra  NSW  2794
Australia
E-mail:  [email protected]