On 14 May 2022, Jay Harris said the following...
 
 JH> On 13 May 2022, g00r00 said the following...
 JH>  
 JH>  g0> Let us know how Yahoo works out if you give it a shot.  I know
 JH>  g0> smtp2go.com was brought up a couple of times, but their free account 
 JH>  g0> limited to 1000 emails per month (which is probably fine for most
 JH>  g0> people).
 JH> 
 JH> Is there a place to set the "Send From" email address (and name)? 
 JH> Places like gmail would populate/override this for you automatically but
 JH> sending from smtp2go.com emails are sent from "sysop@bbs.nrbbs.net" when
 JH> one may prefer to have "warpslide@nrbbs.net" as the sending address (in
 JH> case someone wants a reply) or perhaps "noreply@nrbbs.net" if they
 JH> didn't.
 JH> 
 JH> ===
 JH> From: "Northern Realms" 
 JH> To: "Warpslide" 
 JH> Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 09:32:02
 JH> Subject: E-mail validation code for Northern Realms
 JH> 
 JH> Enter the following code when prompted by the BBS to validate e-mail:
 JH> SFTEUHNA
 JH> ===
 JH> 
 JH> It's also worth noting that smtp2go & sendgrid require a custom domain
 JH> name to be able to work.  It seems like AOL email still allows SMTP and
 JH> may actually work if we were able to set the "From" email address to the
 JH> account name:
 JH> 
 JH> ===
 JH> SMTP R:220 smtp.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP ready
 JH> SMTP S:EHLO bbs.nrbbs.net
 JH> SMTP R:250-hermes--canary-production-bf1-579c78cbb7-l4mcv Hello
 JH> bbs.nrbbs.net SMTP R:250-PIPELINING
 JH> SMTP R:250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
 JH> SMTP R:250-8BITMIME
 JH> SMTP R:250-SIZE 41697280
 JH> SMTP R:250 STARTTLS
 JH> SMTP S:STARTTLS
 JH> SMTP R:220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
 JH> SMTP S:EHLO bbs.nrbbs.net
 JH> SMTP R:250-hermes--canary-production-bf1-579c78cbb7-l4mcv Hello
 JH> bbs.nrbbs.net SMTP R:250-PIPELINING
 JH> SMTP R:250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
 JH> SMTP R:250-8BITMIME
 JH> SMTP R:250-SIZE 41697280
 JH> SMTP R:250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN XOAUTH2 OAUTHBEARER
 JH> SMTP S:AUTH LOGIN
 JH> SMTP R:334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
 JH> SMTP S:bnJiYnNAYW9sLmNvbQ==
 JH> SMTP R:334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
 JH> SMTP S:bmF4cGN2aWxsbWR5a2Fsbw==
 JH> SMTP R:235 2.7.0 Authentication successful
 JH> SMTP S:MAIL FROM:
 JH> SMTP R:550 Request failed; Mailbox unavailable
 JH> ===
 JH> 
 JH> 
 JH> Domain Name      | bbs.nrbbs.net
 JH> Max BBS Nodes    | 3
 JH> Start Hidden     | No
 JH> Max Poll Threads | 0
 JH> Poll DL Limit    | 0
 JH> Poll UL Limit    | 0
 JH> Enable SMTP Send | Yes
 JH> SMTP Host        | smtp.aol.com:587
 JH> SMTP IP Type     | IPV4 Only
 JH> SMTP Login       | nrbbs@aol.com
 JH> SMTP Password    | ****************
 JH> SMTP Auth Type   | Login
 JH> SMTP Use SSL/TLS | Yes
 JH> 
 JH> 
 JH> 
 JH> Jay
 JH> 
 JH> ... The worst thing about censorship is лллллллллл.
 JH> 
 JH> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)


I am using the same smtp mail settings how did you get it to connect? Did you set the env var for Python, put the pyton in the windows system directory? or put the dll in the c:\mystic directory?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)