[SOLVED] modifying

[abhilashm86]

There is a single configuration file to be altered: $HOME/.msmtprc. It can be created and permissions set as follows:

$ touch $HOME/.msmtprc
$ touch $HOME/.msmtp.log
$ chmod 0600 $HOME/.msmtprc

also while setting up mutt,
Below is the required configuration for a Gmail server:
account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from full.gmail.address@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user gmail.username
password mypassword
logfile ~/.msmtp.log

where should i do the required configration for gmail server,it was given in this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=565326

[Partyboi2]

After you have done this step

$ touch $HOME/.msmtprc
$ touch $HOME/.msmtp.log
$ chmod 0600 $HOME/.msmtprc
you will now have a hidden file called .msmtprc in your /home directory which you would open using any text editor eg.
nano ~/.msmtprc and
add the following

account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from full.gmail.address@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user gmail.username
password mypassword
logfile ~/.msmtp.logthen save the changes (Ctl+o enter Ctrl+x) and continue with the howto

*Remember to change the highlighted red parts to your actually information.

[abhilashm86]

After you have done this step
you will now have a hidden file called .msmtprc in your /home directory which you would open using any text editor eg.
nano ~/.msmtprc and
add the following

account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from full.gmail.address@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user gmail.username
password mypassword
logfile ~/.msmtp.logthen save the changes (Ctl+o enter Ctrl+x) and continue with the howto

*Remember to change the highlighted red parts to your actually information.


i changed the config file now,in mutt i am getting this error

From: root <root@abhilash-desktop>
To: abhilashm86@yahoo.com
Cc:
Bcc:
Subject: hey
Reply-To:
Fcc: ~/sent
Mix: <no chain defined>
Security: Clear

-- Attachments
- I 1 /tmp/mutt-abhilash-desktop-0-6762-0[text/plain, 7bit, us-ascii, 0.1K]
-- Mutt: Compose [Approx. msg size: 0.1K Atts: 1]----------------------------
Error sending message, child exited 127 (Exec error.).

why is the from address not changed?

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilashm86,

Sorry to see you are having a little trouble with the mutt and gmail guide:


i changed the config file now,in mutt i am getting this error

From: root <root@abhilash-desktop>
To: abhilashm86@yahoo.com

There is a setting in your $HOME/.muttrc which should be altered to something like the following:


# Boring details
set realname = "abhilashm86"
set from = "abhilashm86@gmail.com"
set use_from = yes
set envelope_from ="yes"


The settings in your $HOME/.msmtprc should reflect this naming scheme. Can you do me a favour and post the contents of this file to the forum? Using my fictitious address above this would make the $HOME/.msmtprc file something like this:


account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from abhilashm86@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user abhilashm86
password mypassword
logfile ~/.msmtp.log

With the obvious need to substitute your real details and your password.You appear to have another problem in that the mail is not leaving your system:


Error sending message, child exited 127 (Exec error.).

This is usually a certificate error / msmtp problem. Can you repeat the step:


sudo apt-get install openssl ca-certificates

and post any error or success messages? Could you please then post the results of the following command:


sudo find /etc -iname 'ca-certificates.crt'

All the very best,

Andrew

[abhilashm86]

[QUOTE=andrew.46;6409600]Hi abhilashm86,
This is usually a certificate error / msmtp problem. Can you repeat the step:


sudo apt-get install openssl ca-certificates

yes i did once again,but its installed,0 upgraded was the result by terminal

HOME/.msmtprc details are

-rw------- 1 abhilash root 432 2008-12-21 18:56 .msmtprc
-rw------- 1 abhilash root 436 2008-12-21 18:52 .msmtprc~

contents of file .msmtprc are
account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from abhilashm86@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user abhilashm86
password *********

set realname = "abhilashm86"
set from = "abhilashm86@gmail.com"
set use_from = yes
set envelope_from = "yes"

logfile ~/.msmtp.log






and post any error or success messages? Could you please then post the results of the following command:


sudo find /etc -iname 'ca-certificates.crt'

root@abhilash-desktop:/# sudo find /etc -iname 'ca-certificates.crt'
/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
root@abhilash-desktop:/#

and if u want details of file ca-certificates

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEuDCCA6CgAwIBAgIBBDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBtDELMA kGA1UEBhMCQlIx
EzARBgNVBAoTCklDUC1CcmFzaWwxPTA7BgNVBAsTNEluc3RpdH V0byBOYWNpb25h
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
some translation is not done i guess,so it was strange that when i opened gmail i saw a mail in inbox which i did from mutt!!!!!!but that to yahoo,don't know,can u tell about the child exiteng,why child is not able to execute its process

thanks a lot for replying,i m sure u'll help me out..........

[abhilashm86]

HOME/.msmtprc details are

-rw------- 1 abhilash root 432 2008-12-21 18:56 .msmtprc
-rw------- 1 abhilash root 436 2008-12-21 18:52 .msmtprc~
hey should permissions be set to executable(x)its only rw-,is this a problem?

[abhilashm86]

hey andrew,i succeded with some extent with mutt,but when i sent a mail following error occured,

Output of the delivery process
msmtp: authentication failed (method PLAIN)
msmtp: server message: 535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more
+at
msmtp: server message: 535 5.7.1
+http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 14sm11001617tim.30
msmtp: could not send mail (account default from /root/.msmtprc)



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Error sending message, child exited 77 (Insufficient permission.).

so i cross checked with everything,could'nt find error,where is the problem actually?

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilshm86,



HOME/.msmtprc details are


-rw------- 1 abhilash root 432 2008-12-21 18:56 .msmtprc


I will admit to being a little puzzled as to why root is in there. My own .msmtprc file has permissions as follows:


andrew@skamandros:~$ ls -l $HOME/.msmtprc
-rw------- 1 andrew andrew 329 2008-12-14 01:10 /home/andrew/.msmtprc

I suggest you try changing ownership of your own .msmtprc as follows:


sudo chown abhilash:abilash $HOME/.msmtprc

and this should resolve the slightly odd ownership issue.



contents of file .msmtprc are
account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from abh[...]6@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user abhilashm86
password *********

set realname = "abhilashm86"
set from = "abhilashm86@gmail.com"
set use_from = yes
set envelope_from = "yes"

logfile ~/.msmtp.log

My apologies, I have mislead you a little. The section that I have outlined in red actually belongs in your $HOME/.muttrc not in your $HOME/.msmtprc. BTW you might be well to edit your post and obscure that email address (as I have done) to avoid spam.




root@abhilash-desktop:/# sudo find /etc -iname 'ca-certificates.crt'
/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
root@abhilash-desktop:/#

Looks like the certificate pack is in place, this contains all the certificates that gmail will call for. The username 'root' worries me as well. You are not working as root are you? In Ubuntu you should be logging on as a normal user and using sudo to give yourself super-user rights.


and if u want details of file ca-certificates
[....]



In this guide you do no have to extract any certificates, simply point programs like msmtp to the certificate pack /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt. If you have manually extracted a certificate you may have made a little work for yourself :-).


can u tell about the child exiteng,why child is not able to execute its process

This error is almost always generated by msmtp failing in its certificate check and not sending mail. You may see an error to this effect in $HOME/.msmtp.log.

Keep at it I think we are almost there :-).

Andrew

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilashm,


HOME/.msmtprc details are


-rw------- 1 abhilash root 432 2008-12-21 18:56 .msmtprc
-rw------- 1 abhilash root 436 2008-12-21 18:52 .msmtprc~
hey should permissions be set to executable(x)its only rw-,is this a problem?

No, does not need to be executable. But as I mentioned in another post root does not have to be there and the following would resolve that:


sudo chown abhilash:abhilash $HOME/.msmtprc

All the best,

Andrew

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilashm,

Hmmm... sorry I should have condensed my answers to all of your posts :-)


hey andrew,i succeded with some extent with mutt,but when i sent a mail following error occured,[...]

Can you post the contents of $HOME/.msmtp.log?

Andrew

[abhilashm86]

[QUOTE=andrew.46;6413544]Hi abhilashm,

hi andrew i made the changes,now its almost done.
now its changed to abhilash,this is in root directory

root@abhilash-desktop:~# ls -a -l $HOME/.msmtprc
-rw------- 1 abhilash abhilash 427 2008-12-22 12:59 /root/.msmtprc

my doubt is that in root directory,all permissions are mine,but in home directory its showing like,

root@abhilash-desktop:/home# ls -a -l .msmtprc
-rw------- 1 abhilash root 438 2008-12-21 21:33 .msmtprc

this may be problem right?see my end mail error,its shown at end,

Can you post the contents of $HOME/.msmtp.log?


Dec 21 20:01:16 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 a4sm10623913tib.27' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 20:20:07 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 d4sm4831778tib.11' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 20:23:52 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 i6sm12041946tid.36' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 20:30:52 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.co.in smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 d1sm11055531tid.4' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 20:49:35 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 u8sm8156094tia.8' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 20:50:12 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 14sm8940812tim.10' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 21:12:04 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 i6sm12167314tid.36' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 21:25:16 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 a4sm8208120tib.7' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 21:28:57 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 y3sm4535851tia.20' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 21:31:07 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 i9sm3108786tid.5' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Dec 21 21:34:34 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=gmail.abhilashm86@gmail.com from=abhilashm86@gmail.com recipients=abhilashm86@yahoo.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535-5.7.1 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at \n535 5.7.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 14sm11001617tim.30' errormsg='authentication failed (method PLAIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM

now this is status of mail delivery,
Output of the delivery process
msmtp: /root/.msmtprc: must be owned by you


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Error sending message, child exited 78 ().

so a slight problem to be solved,i hope u'll sort it out.

[abhilashm86]

well i could'nt understand the error of the mail,

root@abhilash-desktop:~# ls -a -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 abhilash abhilash 4315 2008-12-21 21:34 .msmtp.log
-rw------- 1 abhilash abhilash 427 2008-12-22 12:59 .msmtprc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3646 2008-12-21 19:50 .muttrc

when we see this,i am holding the permissions,but why mail is giving following error?

Output of the delivery process

msmtp: /root/.msmtprc: must be owned by you

so just i cross checked,din't quiet understand friend.

[andrew.46]

Hi,

Some of the problem seems to be that you may be using a root account. For the most part this guide assumes that you are logging on as an ordinary user, not as a superuser.

Can I ask what version of Ubuntu you are using and if you are logging on as yourself, an unprivileged user?

All the best,

Andrew

[abhilashm86]

[QUOTE=andrew.46;6416280]Hi,

Some of the problem seems to be that you may be using a root account. For the most part this guide assumes that you are logging on as an ordinary user, not as a superuser.

Can I ask what version of Ubuntu you are using and if you are logging on as yourself, an unprivileged user?

i am using 8.04 ubuntu,yes i become super user genrally while programming and other time use also,is this a bad habit of doing things?

so what i need to do now,can i modify code or i can repeat process!!!!!!

[abhilashm86]

the main problem is when i don't become a super user,mutt will not work(no highlight mode in window and others),so whats your suggestion further andrew?

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilashm,


the main problem is when i don't become a super user,mutt will not work(no highlight mode in window and others),so whats your suggestion further andrew?

I think it would be a good idea to work through the guide again but this time as an ordinary user. What you seem to have at the moment is a mixture of configuration files, some owned by root and some by yourself. You should not have to reinstall any of the applications such as mutt, msmtp, fetchmail or procmail but I would remake the various config files as an ordinary user after deleting the previous ones. These files are: .msmtprc, .procmailrc, .muttrc and .fetchmailrc.

With any luck this will have you sending mail soon :-).

All the best,

Andrew

[abhilashm86]

[QUOTE=andrew.46;6417726]Hi abhilashm,
With any luck this will have you sending mail soon :-).

hi andrew,i did sent u a mail through mutt,check it!!!!!!

well i go here,i din't delete any files,but became a normal user and created those . files once more and it worked for me!!!!!!!

thans for whole support,the guide was just awesome and so simple,i was a fool becoming sudo su and messed up a little bit.

keep it up andrew:)

[andrew.46]

Hi abhilmashm,


hi andrew,i did sent u a mail through mutt,check it!!!!!!

Great news! I am at work at the moment but I shall check when I get home and send a reply.


thans for whole support,the guide was just awesome and so simple,i was a fool becoming sudo su and messed up a little bit.

Most other distros do not shield a user from su as much as Ubuntu does but I guess while using Ubuntu it is better to remain within these guidelines.

Anyway the guide is really only an introduction to mutt, it is now up to you to learn more about it and I am sure that you will :-).

All the very best,

Andrew

[mwilliam13]

Quick question to anyone willing to help...

I am relatively new to Linux < 2 years... I am running a box using Ubuntu 8.04. I have a web developer using PHP to send mail when a certain action takes place. His script requires sendmail for message delivery. His user (like most Apache2 configs) is www-data, and from what I can tell, the "home directory" for that user is \var\www. In that location, I created a .mailrc file with the syntax:

set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
It doesn't seem to work with his script even though it is calling sendmail for the message delivery. The PHP script looks like:


<?php

$to = $_GET['email'];
$subject = 'TESTING';
$message = 'Hello World from Our Production Machine.';

if(mail($to, $subject, $message))
{
echo "Done.";
}
else
{
echo "FAIL.";
}

?>

Msmtp is configured properly as I can successfully send mail from the CLI as the www-data user (sudo su www-data) but not with the php script. I am perplexed but keenly interested in what I missed. My background is hardware and OS stuff, I can usually figure things out. My web developer does software, and he doesn't have the slightest (at least that is what he is letting on!! )

Any suggestions? Would be most appreciated.

Bill M.
Pueblo, CO

PS. if you want to see the .msmtprc file:


account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from no-reply@mydomain.com
tls on
tls_starttls on
# tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ThawteCodeSigningCA_b64.txt
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
auth on
user no-reply@mydomain.com
password mypassword
logfile /etc/.msmtp.log