On 7 November 2016 at 00:51, Mark Fletcher <mark2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 03:44:49PM +0000, Brian wrote: >> >> I'd agree with that (it can be tested if needs be). In his reportbug >> preferences file Sophoklis Goumas has >> >> smtphost "smtp.gmail.com:587" >> smtpuser "olspookishma...@gmail.com" >> #smtppasswd "my password here" >> >> The third line is commented out. >> > This. This is the answer. As usual Brian has nailed it. The OP is not > supplying a password when logging in. Google are not going to be happy > about that. >
Instead of having my password in cleartext in a text file, I've prefere to have it commented out, so whenever reportbugs will need it, it will ask me for it. As I've displayed in my initial post, namely: Enter SMTP password for olspookishma...@gmail.com@smtp.gmail.com:587: SMTP error: authentication failed. Try again. Between these lines I input my password and then hit Enter. Sophoklis
