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   Message 10,920 of 11,842   
   Phil Taylor to Robert Wolfe   
   Re: sending mail failing e-mail validati   
   04 Jun 22 01:06:40   
   
   From: nospam.Phil.Taylor@f201.n275.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   On 16 May 2022, Robert Wolfe said the following...   
      
    RW> On 11 May 2022, g00r00 said the following...   
    RW>   
    RW>  g0>  PT> I have tried every settings even using Mystic Mail server with u   
    RW>  g0>  PT> and password with no login information and it keeps failing to s   
    RW>  g0>  PT> the e-mail validation info.   
    RW>  g0>   
    RW>  g0> Okay thanks for providing your setup.  It looks like you're setting   
    RW>  g0> Mystic up to connect to its own SMTP server.   
    RW>  g0>   
    RW>  g0> In order for e-mail to be sent out you have to have access to an   
    RW>  g0> external SMTP server from a mail provider, so Mystic can send mail to   
    RW>  g0> it.  Most people used to use Gmail but I am not sure if Google still   
    RW>  g0> allows it for free.   
    RW>   
    RW> Yeah, I actually run my own outbound SMTP server which then connects to   
    RW> a third party SMTP delivery provider which happens to be SMTP2GO.  You   
    RW> might want to look into signing up with them as I believe they have a   
    RW> free use option.   
    RW>   
    RW> ... That's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature   
    RW>   
    RW> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)   
    RW>  * Origin: Powered By Windows Server 2022 (1:116/17)   
      
      
   I have everything setup by the docs and could be the issue? Is python used to   
   call the validation script file or how does it work please? I am trying to   
   figure out why it's not working when I tried every possible combination talked   
   about this echo.   
      
   Thanks   
   Phil   
      
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