[drats_users] [D-RATS] #209: Outgoing email question

[Tom & Donna]

I did a telnet from my computer to the internet and got this response
220 mx.google.com ESMTP 13sm1937962gxk.12

Tried it a number of times and got different suffixes.

Is this good or bad?

...73 Tom   ve7did

D-RATS Tracker wrote:
> #209: Outgoing email question
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>  Reporter:  gdick@…          |       Owner:  kk7ds      
>      Type:  Bug              |      Status:  new        
>  Priority:  Stability        |   Milestone:  0.3.1b6    
> Component:  General          |     Version:  0.3.0b11   
>  Keywords:                   |    Platform:  Unspecified
> -----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
>
> Comment(by kk7ds):
>
>  Gord,
>
>  The settings look right to me.  Is there a firewall on this machine (or
>  between this machine and the internet)?  Can you get to gmail's SMTP
>  server with something else like Outlook Express?
>
>  You can also try this from a command prompt:
>
>    telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
>
>  If there is a firewall installed, I'd disable it completely and try that.
>  It's entirely possible that D-RATS needs to be added to the "whitelist" so
>  that it can access that particular port.  Since sending email is commonly
>  done by virii and worms, many firewalls block that access unless you grant
>  it specifically, or it's a known common email program.
>
>