On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:53:52 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
 wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:19:32 +0100, MArtin
> declaimed the following:
>
>
>>Does anyone have any ideas on what google have changed and how to fix
>>it? The web page referenced didn't seem to be relevant leastways it
>>didn't help me and I can still log into the gmail account on a
>>different machine with the credentials in the exim4 configuration.
>
> Using what /software/? The account/password may not be the problem,
>rather features of the client doing the connection.

logging in via web mail just to make sure the password hadn't been
changed by outside agency.

> Presuming it is not a matter of not having the current gmail SSL key
>chain (I'd hope exim, et al have been patched to handle the security keys
>now in use -- that's the biggest problem with using Eudora on gmail;
>Eudora's key store doesn't recognize newer security chains), then the most
>likely aspect is that gmail considers exim (or your host) as an untrusted
>client.

It suddenly stopped working in the last couple of days. I'verun an
update upgrade cycle on the pi but while it found things to update it
made no difference to this issue.

> For that, have you tried the information provided via that link?
>"""
>Allow less secure apps: If you don't use 2-Step Verification, you might
>need to allow less secure apps to access your account.

That was already set, it had to be to work originally. Checking showed
it as still set.

>That is a setting you have to make via the web interface to gmail.
>
>>Otherwise are their any suggestions on another free account I can get
>>to send smtp headless from the pi instead of using google.
>>
>
> Typically, for sending, one should first try using the SMTP provided by
>one's own ISP, even if the "account" of the email is not with that ISP.

Yes, I tried that originally before using Google, and have spent today
trying again, unfortunately it seems my ISP while supporting smtp
isn't compatible with exim. I couldn't persuade it to work and gave up
and used google and still cant - looking at their support forums it
seems a selection of other people cant get the isp smtp to work with
with a selection of clients either.


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