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    From Per Gustav Ousdal@2:203/203 to All on Tue Feb 14 18:14:22 2023
    Hi,

    So, I've got the POP server working for local (BBS) email. However, the
    SMTP server is not working. I have not come very far in the debugging
    but telnet from localhost gives:

    Connected to localhost.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 phrenetic.no Mystic SMTP Ready

    However, from my client where I intend to run the MUA. I get this:

    Connected to bbs.phrenetic.no.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    Connection closed by foreign host.

    Any ideas?

    Regards,
    pos


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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Per Gustav Ousdal on Tue Feb 14 13:36:01 2023
    So, I've got the POP server working for local (BBS) email. However, the SMTP server is not working. I have not come very far in the debugging
    but telnet from localhost gives:

    Connected to localhost.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 phrenetic.no Mystic SMTP Ready

    However, from my client where I intend to run the MUA. I get this:

    Could this be a firewall issue? The telnet seems to show that it is working.

    If you go into System Configuration > Servers > Logging and set the MIS.LOG to "Max" you should be able to see all communication between the server and client
    (if you have log caching turned on you may need to shutdown the server afterwards to see it, or turn log caching off in the settings temporarily).

    Having a log of the data exchange may help give us more clues as to what is happening.

    .... Origin of Life? Just check my refrigerator...


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    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand (1:129/215@fidonet)
  • From Per Gustav Ousdal@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Feb 15 10:13:05 2023
    On 14.02.2023 03:36, g00r00 wrote:
    PG> So, I've got the POP server working for local (BBS) email. However, the
    PG> SMTP server is not working. I have not come very far in the debugging
    PG> but telnet from localhost gives:
    PG>
    PG> Connected to localhost.
    PG> Escape character is '^]'.
    PG> 220 phrenetic.no Mystic SMTP Ready
    PG>
    PG> However, from my client where I intend to run the MUA. I get this:

    Could this be a firewall issue? The telnet seems to show that it is working.

    If you go into System Configuration > Servers > Logging and set the MIS.LOG to
    "Max" you should be able to see all communication between the server and client
    (if you have log caching turned on you may need to shutdown the server afterwards to see it, or turn log caching off in the settings temporarily).

    Having a log of the data exchange may help give us more clues as to what is happening.

    Yeah, your suggestion was close I guess. It's working now. I suppose
    what happened is that Thunderbird was misconfigured (i.e. set to use START/TLS) and I had already tried connecting with that. And it must
    have hogged up the connection. So with a restart of mis (and I also set
    dupe IP's to 3 for now) it worked. Yay!

    BTW: What are the correct settings for the SMTP connection? Does the
    SMTP server support any of the security protocols, or should it be set
    none and plain text pass word?

    Thank you,
    Per

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