Re: configuring gmail's SMTP server in kmail
Hi,
I have gmail running on kmail....have been using it for quite sometime. Just
checked my config and I have encryption set to SSL and Authentication method
as Plain. The rest of your config seems alright.
Hope it works out for you :)
Bye for now
On Monday 13 November 2006 22:57, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> Hi
> Did any succeed in configuring gmail SMTP server with kmail? I am using
> Etch/testing kmail 1.9.5
>
> I did
> Settings -> Configure Kmail -> Accounts -> Sending
>
> and used the following settings.
> Host : smtp.gmail.com
> Port : 465
>
> However I am confused about the "security" tab where it asks encryption and
> authentication methods. If I clicked on "Check what the server supports",
> then it detects Encryption as TLS, Authentication method as Plain. But If I
> send a test email (to myself) with these settings, then I am getting the
> following error
>
> Sending failed:
> Your SMTP server does not support PLAIN.
> Choose a different authentication method.
> The server responded: "5.7.1 Credentials Rejected 26sm7628218wrl"
> The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the
> problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox'
> folder. The following transport protocol was used:
> smtp.gmail.com
>
>
> Any other ideas as to what I should choose in the Security tab?
>
> thanks
> raju
>
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> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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