Configure gmail in linux shell for sending email

limadario · 06-23-2010, 04:57 AM

Hello, i have a problem sending emails in the command line. I have introduced this command:
sendEmail -f my.account@gmail.com -t myself@domain.tld \
-u this is the test tile -m “this is a test message” \
-s smtp.gmail.com \
-o tls=yes \
-xu usernameonly -xp mypasswd

but then i received this message:
sendEmail[13230]: ERROR => Connection attempt to smtp.gmail.com:25 failed: IO::Socket::INET: connect: Connection timed out

Can anyone tell me what to do so i can resolve this problem?
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bathory · 06-23-2010, 05:08 AM

Hi,

It looks like outgoing traffic to port 25 is blocked (possibly by your ISP). Use telnet to verify if that's the case:

Code:

telnet smtp.gmail.com 25

Regards