Using Gmail with GoldMine
A while back, I got a Gmail account and enjoyed having it. I was, however, disappointed in the SSL requirement that kept it from being usable with my GoldMine. Gmail, like a number of other e-mail providers, has elected to REQUIRE SSL for their POP3 server.
To correct this and enable me to use these account(s) with GoldMine, I downloaded a free tool called Stunnel from this page
I found I also needed a couple of supporting files.
I downloaded all three items to a local folder I called c:\stunnel\ and created a text file in the folder. This file need to be named stunnel.conf. I put the following text into this file:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=pop.gmail.com:995
[smtp]
accept=225
connect=smtp.gmail.com:25
…and then I ran Stunnel.exe.
Lastly, I added my Gmail address to GoldMine like I would any other e-mail address other than the fact that both the SMTP and POP3 servers are 127.0.0.1 and I had to go into the advanced area and modify the ports used by both pop3 and smtp to match what I defined in my stunnel.conf file (pop3=9995 and smtp=225 *note the additional digits!).
Finally, I had to go the Gmail account on the Gmail web page and go to my settings area and enable pop3 access. I found that enabling it for ‘all messages than come in from now on’ was the best option.
That was it. Now, as long as I run stunnel on my machine, I can use my Gmail accounts within GoldMine just like any other e-mail accounts!
NOTE: An informative thread in the GoldMine support forums that offers more recent information on this topic can be found here.
Doug Castell
be sure to visit the settings of the gmail account online and enable POP3 access! 🙂
yoav
hi doug – thanks for the information. using it i am almost there (i think). I can currently send email but not receive it. goldmine says connected to 127.0.0.1 but its not recieving any email.
the pop3 settings on goldmine that I have set are as follows:
pop3 server: 127.0.0.1
username: my gmail logon (without gmail.com)
password: my gmail password
autoreceive and autodelete: unchecked
authentication: PASS
email auto recieved from this account belongs to user: my goldmine logon name
pop3 server port: 9995
my stunnel text file reads:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=pop.gmail.com:9995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtp.gmail.com:465
in the stunnel log, there are a lot of lines that say:
2007.08.09 17:20:32 LOG5[2956:3668]: pop3 connected from 127.0.0.1:3334
2007.08.09 17:20:52 LOG3[2956:3668]: Failed to initialize remote connection
many thanks in advance – any help is greatly appreciated
Doug Castell
Glad you like the hack! I use it myself every day! Support the Stunnel developer with a little donation on his site if it proves useful to you, long term! 🙂
Virbonus
I just wanted to say thank you. I followed your instructions to the letter and was unsure how it would all work along with my installation of AVG. It works perfectly. Using GM 7.04 Corporate SQL.
Doug Castell
What if you try to PING pop.gmail.com ?
Is it possible your antivirus is blocking it? I’ve seen Norton antivirus prevent e-mail from going out after more than one or two similar one go out quickly.. Something about ‘worm protection’…
rpitts
I use gmail in Goldmine with the Stunnel thingy. I never have a problem sending from my office. However, I am currently at a hotel and connected through their wireless network and it’s not working (I sent some queued msgs then to make sure they went I sent an email to myself) but I never got a bounce-back message. I checked the badmail folder and there’s nothing there.
Also earlier today I was working standalone (no internet connection) and was responding to emails and queuing them for delivery later. I accidentally hit send on one and it acted like it went, no bounce-back, etc.
This is the Stunnel log from what I tried to send through the wireless:
2007.05.17 19:22:16 LOG3[3196:3204]: Error resolving ‘pop.gmail.com’: Neither nodename nor servname known (EAI_NONAME)
Cannot resolve ‘pop.gmail.com:995’ – delaying DNS lookup
2007.05.17 19:22:16 LOG5[3196:3204]: stunnel 4.15 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
2007.05.17 19:22:16 LOG5[3196:3204]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6
2007.05.17 19:22:16 LOG5[3196:3284]: No limit detected for the number of clients
2007.05.17 19:42:13 LOG5[3196:3784]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3134
2007.05.17 19:42:14 LOG5[3196:3784]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:42:15 LOG5[3196:3584]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3139
2007.05.17 19:42:37 LOG5[3196:3584]: Connection closed: 121 bytes sent to SSL, 9765 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:42:37 LOG5[3196:2508]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3163
2007.05.17 19:43:07 LOG5[3196:2508]: Connection closed: 110 bytes sent to SSL, 8427 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:45:54 LOG5[3196:3688]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3376
2007.05.17 19:45:55 LOG5[3196:3688]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:00 LOG5[3196:3820]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3382
2007.05.17 19:46:06 LOG5[3196:3820]: Connection closed: 110 bytes sent to SSL, 8426 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:06 LOG5[3196:3972]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3394
2007.05.17 19:46:07 LOG5[3196:3972]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:16 LOG5[3196:704]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3412
2007.05.17 19:46:21 LOG5[3196:704]: Connection closed: 131 bytes sent to SSL, 11927 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:22 LOG5[3196:2344]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3424
2007.05.17 19:46:27 LOG5[3196:2344]: Connection closed: 110 bytes sent to SSL, 8427 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:32 LOG5[3196:3560]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3442
2007.05.17 19:46:39 LOG5[3196:3560]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:43 LOG5[3196:3668]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3457
2007.05.17 19:46:56 LOG5[3196:3668]: Connection closed: 131 bytes sent to SSL, 11927 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:46:58 LOG5[3196:2280]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3474
2007.05.17 19:47:24 LOG5[3196:2280]: Connection closed: 110 bytes sent to SSL, 8426 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:48:44 LOG5[3196:4084]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3569
2007.05.17 19:48:45 LOG5[3196:4084]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:49:27 LOG5[3196:3872]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3620
2007.05.17 19:49:28 LOG5[3196:3872]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:50:22 LOG5[3196:3688]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3682
2007.05.17 19:50:26 LOG5[3196:3688]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:50:30 LOG5[3196:1592]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3691
2007.05.17 19:51:16 LOG5[3196:1592]: Connection closed: 116 bytes sent to SSL, 8432 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:55:19 LOG5[3196:2508]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3955
2007.05.17 19:55:25 LOG5[3196:2508]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 19:55:27 LOG5[3196:2608]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:3968
2007.05.17 19:55:33 LOG5[3196:2608]: Connection closed: 110 bytes sent to SSL, 8427 bytes sent to socket
2007.05.17 20:09:47 LOG5[3196:2640]: pop3s connected from 127.0.0.1:1268
2007.05.17 20:09:48 LOG5[3196:2640]: Connection closed: 53 bytes sent to SSL, 117 bytes sent to socket
Can anyone provide any insight?
Thanks
Doug Castell
Yes! You can install it on one machine and then, for all your users, enter the machine name of that machine for the POP3/SMTP server name and it’ll work fine (assuming the stunnel ‘server’ has it’s firewall and whatnot configured properly.)
dmack
This worked great! Thanks! Would this work at the server level so I don’t have to install for each user?
Thanks!!
Mab
Yes you’re right Doug. It works by going to GMs Advanced settings and changing the username to the full e-mail address.
Thank again.
Doug Castell
Then make sure that, in GoldMine’s e-mail settings area, you go to the ACCOUNTS button and add/edit your e-mail address settings as opposed to simply entering the information on the Edit|Preferneces|Internet tab where GoldMine will truncate entire-address usernames (it assumes you’re doing something wrong.)
Mab
google apps use the same pop and smtp as Gmail ie pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com. works well in outlook. the only difference is, i believe, in google apps, you have to use the full e-mail address as your user name.
thanks.
Doug Castell
Sorry, but I’m not famiiar with the Google Apps e-mails. Pretty much any account that requires SSL is usable with this methodology, though.
Are you sure the pop3/smtp servers in use in the stunnel.conf are appropriate for the Google Apps mail? They do seem to require your own domain…
Mab
I get an “incorrect user name or password” error message when I use Google Apps e-mail (using my own domain name instead of the gmail.com name). It works fine when I use Gmail. I have tried both the full e-mail and just the beginning part of the e-mail as username but got the same result.
How do I make Google Apps e-mail work?
Thanks in advance.
macouncider2
Yes, it is in: connect=pop.gmail.com:995
I now have it working. Discovered batch file I was calling stunnel from did not have cd command to be in proper directory to run stunnel from. To debug, I put a pause at the end of the batch file, so DOS box remained open and i could see any errors.
I have the batch file set to run as a scheduled task at system startup. By putting the stop command in, then starting it again in the next line, the batch file runs without error even if service is started…
Run this on a machine that is always running, so anytime Goldmine is used, your gmail will pop/smtp to Goldmine.
Here is my batch file:
cd C:\Program Files\stunnel
stunnel.exe -stop -quiet
stunnel.exe -start -quiet
stunnel.exe c:\stunnel\stunnel.conf
rem set to run as scheduled task at sys startup on CIDER Win 2003 server
rem allows goldmine to get gmail
Thanks Doug for your insight.
Best Regards: Keith
Doug Castell
Make sure your stunnel.conf file has the following line in the [pop3] section:
connect=pop.gmail.com:995
macouncider2
I appreciate the help this topic includes. I am trying take advantage of gmails domain email option, and then pop it all to gm.
Have installed as per above, service is running on win2003 server, but get the following error log:
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG5[2196:2564]: stunnel 4.20 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG5[2196:2564]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG5[2196:2212]: No limit detected for the number of clients
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG3[2196:2212]: Error binding pop3s to 0.0.0.0:995
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG3[2196:2212]: bind: Permission denied (WSAEACCES) (10013)
2007.03.15 10:54:41 LOG3[2196:2212]: Server is down
Any ideas on what I have missed? Need more info?
Doug Castell
Shows up as stunnel.exe in my task scheduler and a little blue mailbox-ish thing in the system tray.
As for the SMTP settings, there’s an area in the advanced Account settings in GoldMine (the screen you specified your port numbers on) wher eyou need to put in your gmail address and password for the SMTP authenticaition stuff.
LP
How can you tell the the stunnel.exe is running? I looked in my Task manager and I didn’t see it running in Processes or Applications?
LP
Your a genious! I thought since I deleted the .txt and it was still there only once (not twice) that that was it. I am almost there. The stunnel.exe ran fine and I can GET my email – but I can’t send email. I went into gmail options and enabled the pop access for ALL messages.
When trying to send the error is ” 5305.5.1 Authenification Required qlqsm5457663qbq”. There probably is just one more setting, right?
If I turn off the computer then I presume that I will have to run the stunnel.exe again. Would you suggest putting the stunnel.exe in startup? Thanks a bunch.
Doug Castell
It really sounds like your stunnel.conf file is really named stunnel.conf.txt and windows is hiding the REAL extension from you.
To correct it, open windows explorer and go to tools|options and then to the view tab and un-check the option to ‘hide file extensions for known file types.’
Then re-check your stunnel.conf’s file name and correct it as necessary.
It doesn’t matter which program you start first — as long as stunnel is running when you check/send your mail.
As for the authentication method, I use PASS and it’s been working for almost two years. 🙂
LP
To add to that my stunnel file is just stunnel.conf and the firewall is turned off.
LP
Please help me! I tried all the above and can’t get my Gmail to work in GoldMine.
WHAT SHOULD THE AUTHENTIFICATION CODE BE: PASS/APOP/SPA /MSN? I change the setting in gmail to enable pop3. Downloaded the other fiels and put them all into a folder in C:\stunnell.
When you run the stunnel.exe should GoldMine be opened or closed? I tried it both ways and still didn’t work.
The error I get when I run the stunnel.exe the error is:
Failed to open configuration file stunnel.conf
Syntax:
stunnel [filename] | -help | -version | -sockets | -install | -uninstall
filename – use specified config file instead of stunnel.conf
-fd n – read the config file from specified file descriptor
-help – get config file help
-version – display version and defaults
-sockets – display default socket options
-install – install NT service
-uninstall – uninstall NT service
2007.01.26 08:58:37 LOG3[2968:3560]: Server is down
*******************************
My Stunnel.conf file is:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=pop.gmail.com:995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtp.gmail.com:465
Doug Castell
Have you tried it with the windows firewall disabled?
Petercwn
I have set up configuration as per suggestions above….my mail logs into 127.0.0.1 then just hangs there until timing out…any other settings I need to look at ? Thanks in advance. Stunnel log is below;
2006.11.07 08:45:09 LOG5[3248:5768]: stunnel 4.16 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
2006.11.07 08:45:09 LOG5[3248:5768]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6
2006.11.07 08:45:09 LOG5[3248:4548]: No limit detected for the number of clients
2006.11.07 08:46:11 LOG5[3248:4184]: ssmtp connected from 127.0.0.1:3383
2006.11.07 08:47:03 LOG3[3248:4184]: SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected
2006.11.07 08:47:03 LOG5[3248:4184]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket
2006.11.07 08:47:05 LOG5[3248:3468]: ssmtp connected from 127.0.0.1:3398
2006.11.07 08:48:07 LOG3[3248:3468]: SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected
2006.11.07 08:48:07 LOG5[3248:3468]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket
2006.11.07 08:48:18 LOG5[3248:4692]: ssmtp connected from 127.0.0.1:3407
2006.11.07 08:48:33 LOG3[3248:4692]: SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected
2006.11.07 08:48:33 LOG5[3248:4692]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket
2006.11.07 08:48:36 LOG5[3248:3804]: ssmtp connected from 127.0.0.1:3409
2006.11.07 08:48:49 LOG3[3248:3804]: SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected
2006.11.07 08:48:49 LOG5[3248:3804]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket
va.ca
Ok – thanks for your help. I will might have to take you up on the assistance if I can’t figure this out (before I pull my remaining 30 hairs out)
🙂
Doug Castell
No, because, according to the logs you’ve posted, GoldMine never contacts stunnel for SMTP at all — therefore no traffic ever leaves your machine — therefore no traffic ever hits your router or dsl modem to be interfered with.
va.ca
Question – the whole reason I needed to try the stunnel is b/c my ISP requires SSL. The modem is from them and has a built-in firewall. Does that change you’re last response at all?
Doug Castell
Well, honestly, I’m out of ideas as well. You might have me (or someone else) who’s done this before take a look at it directly (for a fee, of course) to see what might not be evident here.
va.ca
Ouch, if that’s the case, I’m at a loss for what’s stopping this from working.
I noted you mentioned that .txt to someone earlier, it definitely is set as .conf file type.
Thanks,
Ken
Doug Castell
Nope, the router and modem have nothing to do with it as the request from GoldMine will never leave your computer for 127.0.0.1
Are you sure your stunnel.conf file is really named stunnel.conf and not stunnel.conf.txt? Windows likes to hide file extensions, by default, you know.
va.ca
Yes, I do use the e-mail plugin.
I disabled the windows firewall entirely with AVG off, same error 🙁
Stunnel conf:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=110
connect=mail.virtualassistant.ca:110
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=127.0.0.1:465
GM SMTP:
Server:127.0.0.1
Advanced:
SMTP Server port: 465
Required Auth: checked
Login/Plain: checked
Username: my ISP username (verified correct)
Password: my ISP password (verified correct)
Assuming these settings are correct, I’m taking a closer look at my DSL modem/router from sympatico.
(the other router I disabled is after the modem) I suspect that I’ll need to open the port there…
Thanks for all your help so far. Fingers are crossed!
Ken
Doug Castell
your router’s firewall isn’t involved. You can restore it to its original state. As for the windows firewall, I would disable it entirely for testing purposes here.
Do you use the AVG e-mail plugin? I don’t, personally, but I know of others who DO use it and successfully use stunnel for their SSL needs.
I’d think the only logical next step would be verifying your GoldMine SMTP settings (specifically, the advanced SMTP settings)
va.ca
Thanks Doug,
I have reset all the original POP settings and now receiving mail as before.
I’ve changed the SMTP settings to 127.0.0.1 et al. I am sure they are correct. I’ve opened port 465 in windows firewall, disabled my router firewall and disabled my AVG 7.1.408 for testing…I’m still getting “the socket was disconnected unexpectedly” error. Is there somewhere else I should look?
Your help is much appreciated!
Ken
Doug Castell
I suspect you only need SSL for SENDING mail. That being the case, concentrate on the SMTP settings and leave your POP settings as prescribed by your ISP.
Make sure you set the SMTP server to 127.0.0.1 (always your own machine.. it’s like saying MY HOUSE as opposed to specifying your street address.)
From there, if the socket was disconnected, it could be that the windows firewall, norton internet security, or some other think is getting in the way of the traffic. Check your firewall settings and make sure stunnel and/or the appropriate ports are available.
va.ca
I closed stunnel, reopened it and here’s the log with the updated stunnel.conf:
2006.10.18 12:25:07 LOG5[1868:2872]: stunnel 4.07 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu WIN32+IPv6 with OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004
2006.10.18 12:25:07 LOG5[1868:3836]: No limit detected for the number of clients
Receiving error: 10061 (as above)
Sending error: time our 10060
Thanks for your time and help.
Ken
va.ca
oops, my stnnel.conf reads:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=mail.virtualassistant.ca:995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtphm.sympatico.ca:465
Thanks!
va.ca
Hi Doug,
I’m not too technical, but here goes…
GM Version 6.70.50123
I’m trying to adapt the GMAIL stunnel process above to my e-mail. I use bell sympatico, needs SSL. Before I tried the stunnel program, I could only receive e-mail in GM through my pop set as mail.virtualassistant.ca. Port 110. Here’s what I’ve done:
Stunnel installed c:\stunnel\
all files, including dll’s in c:\stunnel\
created file c:\stunnel\stunnel.conf
it reads:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=mail.virtualassistant.ca:995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtphm.sympatico.ca:465
I have ran stunnel.exe.
Goldmine is configured:
POP3 server: mail.virtualassistant.ca
Authentication: PASS
SMTP server: smtphm.sympatico.ca
Advanced Options:
POP3 server port: 9995
SMTP server port: 465
check box: The server requires authentication
Login Plain
Here’s the stunnel log:
2006.10.18 12:00:38 LOG3[1236:2640]: Error resolving ‘pop.mail.virtualassistant.ca’: Neither nodename nor servname known (EAI_NONAME)
Cannot resolve ‘pop.mail.virtualassistant.ca:995’ – delaying DNS lookup
2006.10.18 12:00:38 LOG5[1236:2640]: stunnel 4.07 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu WIN32+IPv6 with OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004
2006.10.18 12:00:38 LOG5[1236:1952]: No limit detected for the number of clients
Here, when I try to receive e-mail I get:
Socket returned error: Connection Refused, System Error 10061. Please verify your internet connection and settings.
I see you suggest setting POP and SMTP to 127.0.0.1, but when I do this nothing works, when checking e-mail it says ‘connected to 127.0.0.1’ but seems to sit idol, when sending, same thing, but aborts “the socket was disconnected unexpectedly”
Please help!
Thank-you,
Ken
Doug Castell
No problem. Just keep in mind that while your laptop may be 192.168.1.102 right now, it coudl be .103 tomorrow… Use 127.0.0.1 to always be correct! 🙂
ethosadvisory
Doug, skip all of the above…your remedy worked. I forgot to run stunnel.exe Apologies, and thanks for taking the time to reply and help. I am grateful.
Sincerely,
Ray Randall
ethosadvisory
Thanks Doug for your help. Using ipconfig, I determined the ip address for this laptop (192.168.1.102), entered as pop and smtp. Gmail refused the connection.
“Goldmine cannot connect to your mailserver. Please verify your internet connections and pop3 settings. Socket returned error: connection refused. System error: 10061
I am using Goldmine 6.5
Product = GoldMine®
License = D-0001-18198140
Versions = GoldMine 6.50.40704, BDE 500 [4/11/1999], Windows NT 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
GoldMine EXE = c:\progra~1\goldmine\gmw6.exe
BDE DLL Files = c:\program files\common files\borland shared\bde\
TEMP Directory = c:\docume~1\poweru~1\locals~1\temp\
System Files = c:\progra~1\goldmine\
GoldMine Files = C:\PROGRA~1\GoldMine\GMBase\
Contact Files = c:\program files\goldmine\common\
Free Disk Space = C: 12,682 MB
Memory (RAM) = 523 MB
Open Cursors = 14
Logged User = RAY [Master!]
CAL LangDriver = DBWINUS0 [New RecID]
Contact1 LangDriver = DBWINUS0 [New RecID]
Tx32 version = 801
Doug thanks!
Ray
Doug Castell
For your gmail account, in GoldMine, you need to set the SMTP and POP3 servers to 127.0.0.1 (your own machine)
ethosadvisory
Goldmine times out with error message 10006. Must have something to do with my configuration for gmail access.
Here is what I have done.
Stunnel installed c:\stunnel\
all files, including dll’s in c:\stunnel\
created file c:\stunnel\stunnel.conf
it reads:
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=pop.gmail.com:995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtp.gmail.com:465
Logfile for stunnel.exe reads:
2006.10.17 06:48:52 LOG5[2508:2532]: stunnel 4.16 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004
2006.10.17 06:48:52 LOG5[2508:2532]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6
2006.10.17 06:48:52 LOG5[2508:3580]: No limit detected for the number of clients
stunnel.exe shows 0 session(s)active
GMail is set to accept POP3 (use it with Thunderbird)
Goldmine is configured:
POP3 server: pop.gmail.com
Authentication: APOP
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
Advanced Options:
POP3 server port: 9995
SMTP server port: 465
check box: The server requires authentication
Login Plain
Please let me know my errors, and thank you for taking a moment to do so.
Doug Castell
Do you mean you’re using Stunnel with two different accounts for thos two ISPs or are you simply configuring G-mail with it? If the latter, nothing special should need to be done.
yeagers
Doug, I have different ISPs for home and office. Home is Comcast and office is Qwest; would these same patches apply? How would you config this concept for the two different ISPs?
dschomaker
Thanks Doug. With a bit of fussing your tips worked great!
Doug Castell
What’s not working? There are a number of moving parts here.. Are you getting any specific error(s)?
kevgsi
I configured exactly as shown and is not working. any tips.
Doug Castell
most commonly, this issue is attributed to the stunnel.conf file being named stunel.conf.txt with windows hiding the .txt file extension from you. To correct this windows setting, open windows explorer and go to tools|options and the view tab there. On the view tab, find the option that says ‘hide file extensions of known file types’ and uncheck it. Then go check your stunnel.conf file. 🙂
nedwakeman
I’ve followed your example above – trying to use gmail with Goldmine 7.0 – and receive the following error message (any help gratefully received):
Failed to open configuration file stunnel.conf
Syntax:
stunnel [filename] | -help | -version | -sockets | -install | -uninstall
filename – use specified config file instead of stunnel.conf
-fd n – read the config file from specified file descriptor
-help – get config file help
-version – display version and defaults
-sockets – display default socket options
-install – install NT service
-uninstall – uninstall NT service
2006.05.26 11:48:15 LOG3[668:380]: Server is down
Doug Castell
FYI, I’ve been advised by others that port 465 is more correct for SSL on the SMTP side.. I’ve adjusted my own stunnel.conf accordingly and it does work better:
my stunnel.conf
—————————–
client=yes
[pop3]
accept=9995
connect=pop.gmail.com:995
[smtp]
accept=465
connect=smtp.gmail.com:465
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