On 09 Apr 2022, Al DeRosa said the following...
Google is going to not allow less secure apps to access their platfor next month.. Is there a way around this for using the password reset function? I chose Gmail back in the day when this feature was introdu because the docs pretty much said it was simpler to use. Can we use a regular email account?
Just about any e-mail provider which accepts SMTP message submission should work, I think.
However -- if I recall correctly -- when speaking to the SMTP server, Mystic will say:
MAIL FROM: <sysop@yourbbsdomain.here>
...and it will also (in the message headers, i.e., as part of the
message data) state:
From: <sysop@yourbbsdomain.here>
...where yourbbsdomain.here is the value of Servers --> General Options
Domain Name.
This might cause some e-mail services to refuse the message -- even
though Mystic authenticates itself to the SMTP server using the credentials from Servers --> General Options --> SMTP Login and Servers
General Options --> SMTP Password.
I know Microsoft's outlook.com e-mail service refuse such messages, for example.
In my case, I had to configure Mystic to submit the e-mails to my locally-listening-and-relaying SMTP server on my Linux box instead, and have that one rewrite sysop@scbbs.nsupdate.info in the message data to match the actual e-mail address of the outlook.com account... And let it relay the e-mail to outlook.com, authenticating with the outlook.com account credentials.
It is known that microsoft expects a few thing just for allowing you to send mail to outlook.com,hotmail.com and so accounts.
One of this things is to join or pay a subscription to their service for secure mails or mail servers. I dont recall right now the name, but this is one of the things that made me drop out offering hosting plans when I had a hosting service.
So there might be some pitfalls, but in any case, it's worth trying out another e-mail provider.
For other smtp servers and mail providers it is not enough just using TLS. You will have to configure DKIM keys and dns entries, SPF entries as well, a reverse dns pointing to your mail server, a good reputation on RBL lists, and so on.
Cheers!
Cyberzoo
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