Re: SMTP relaying from Android

Erwin Hoffmann <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 21:02:29 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.mail.qmail.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Hi Phil,

the current policy to demand TLS on SMTP (and other communication protocols) was one of the driving forces for my Spamcontrol patch and lately s/qmail (64 bit systems, IPv6 etc).

Maybe you just have a look (link in footer).

Regards.
--eh.


> Am 15.09.2016 um 15:04 schrieb Philip Rhoades <[email protected]>:
> 
> 
> 
> 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]
> 

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