Random Gmail success

[Bruce Cowan]

I’ve been using Gmail email for a number of years to send various messages from the M1XEP. It has worked reliably until early July. Doing some testing with the debugging tool, I find that only about 25% of the messages are getting through to the Gmail servers. The M1XEP seems to be making the proper request, but the Gmail servers seem to be random in accepting the connection. Yes, I am using Googles assigned password for third party apps. Has anyone else had this issue?

[Adam Fenn]

I haven’t.  I’m sending emails every 3 minutes and they’re all getting through.

[Bruce Cowan]

Thanks Adam.  I’ll keep trying a few things

[Bruce Cowan]

here is a debug trace of a failed email communication

Possibly someone can better decipher it

Send Email 1
SendEmail_Init GlobalSMTPType: 1, DNSGood: True, GlobalSMTPAddr: smtp.gmail.com
SendEmail_Init getaddrinfo: 142.251.176.109
SendEmail_Init smtp_addr: 142.251.176.109
SendEmail_Init smtp_port: 00465
SendEmail_Init Subject: Alert from M1 M1XEP
SendEmail_Init To: <recipient email address.com>
SendEmail_Init Body: ELK security system TEST message
SendEmail_Init Username: <sender@gmail.com>
SendEmail_Init Password: <google provided password>
SendEmail_Init From: <sender@gmail.com>
SendEmail_Init Domain: gmail.com
SendEmail_Init LastConnectSSL=True
SendEmail_Init LastConnectSTARTTLSFailed=False
SendEmail_Init LastConnectAuth=07
ConnectToMailServer
ConnectToMailServer Sock=0000003D
ConnectToMailServer: Connected
SendEmail_Negotiate_SSL
SendEmail_Negotiate_SSL successful
SendEmail_ServerReady response=
ConnectToMailServer
ConnectToMailServer Sock=00000040
ConnectToMailServer: Connected
SendEmail_Negotiate_SSL
SendEmail_Negotiate_SSL successful
SendEmail_ServerReady response=
Send Email Done

 

[Bruce Cowan]

I proved my Gmail settings and general network connectivity was correct by duplicating them in a security camera that permits email alerts.  All OK.

My issue seems to be some corruption in the configuration file.  I loaded an older ElkRP2 file and the Gmail messages were flowing successfully.

I am now slowly making changes to that profile to (hopefully) restore full functionality.

[Bruce Cowan]

my continuing saga….

The profile I loaded two days ago worked perfectly.  Tested multiple times.  Email worked every time.  A time based “rule” to fire off “heartbeat” emails worked as they have in the past.

Then, as of today, emails are failing again.  Email tests fail.  I have made no changes to the configuration profile.

Strange

 

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