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Free e-mail service offered by Google. Mail can be accessed through webmail or through the POP3 or IMAP4 protocols.

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how to fix "send-mail: Authorization failed 534 5.7.14 "

I am trying to create e-mail alert on ssh root login so I had to install ssmtp and mail utility. Then I configured ssmtp.conf file as follows : # Config file for sSMTP sendmail # The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000 # Make this empty to…
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sendmail can not deliver to gmail - IPv6 sending guidelines regarding PTR records not met

I am having trouble in delivering mail to google from a fresh sendmail install on ubuntu 14.04. The DNS-records seem to be fine for the ip. Something else must be wrong. Sending mail from command line: sudo sendmail -v -Am -i…
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Remove "via" from emails sent to Gmail from Amazon SES

When sending emails from Amazon SES, gmail shows "sent via amazonses.com". How do I remove this? According to Google, I'm a sender and I don't want my recipients to see the "via" link. What can I do? Gmail checks whether emails are correctly…
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SPF/DKIM/DMARC for Gmail "Send mail as" via smtp.gmail.com on external domain

Since "Google Apps" / "Google Apps for business" / "G-Suite" / "Google Workspaces" free tier is being discontinued, I need a solution to migrate my ~30 extended family to a sustainable solution. I'm looking at the option of having them each…
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Google SMTP Error: 454 4.7.0 Too many login attempts, please try again later

I discovered that while it was possible to use Gmail/Google Apps as an SMTP server for scripted use, if too many emails were sent I started getting error messages: SMTP Error: 454 4.7.0 Too many login attempts, please try again later. Usually if I…
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postmap: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db: Permission denied

I'm configuring Postfix to use external smtp. For this, I used this tutorial After following it, I found in the logs that /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db couldn't be read. The file didn't exist. I used postmap hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd…
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What issues are there in using Gmail for a corporate email solution?

Some people will feel uncomfortable with having their company email outside their company network. How to allay such fears? What other issues are there in using Google for corporate email? What are the benefits?
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Why does DMARC operate on the From-address, and not the envelope sender (Return-Path)?

Several emails sent from my webserver to a Gmail address, where the From: address is websitevisitor@gmail.com, have been marked as spam by Gmail. The From: field is populated from form data, and corresponds to the visitor's actual email address,…
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Why don't my domain's messages to a google group get their headers rewritten so DMARC can pass?

Whenever my domain sends a message to a google group on another domain the DMARC alignment fails. This is true for all my approved senders, even using Gmail in my domain. It seems to be because the Return-Path (Envelope From) header is replaced by…
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Gmail SPF fail based on client IP

Gmail is failing SPF check based on the client IP. These are the relevant headers: Received-SPF: fail (google.com: domain of johndoe@example.com does not designate 164.77.240.58 as permitted sender) client-ip=164.77.240.58; Received: from johndoe…
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GMail bouncing mail sent over IPv6, IPv4 working

I have trouble sending email to GMail addresses using IPv6 from my domain camgirltools.net If IPv4 is used, everything works as intended, the mail is delivered. When using IPv6 to send mail to GMail (other parties work) I get a bounce mail…
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smtp.gmail.com from bash gives "Error in certificate: Peer's certificate issuer is not recognized."

I needed my script to email admin if there is a problem, and the company only uses Gmail. Following a few posts instructions I was able to set up mailx using a .mailrc file. there was first the error of nss-config-dir I solved that by copying some…
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simple postfix configuration - forward all incoming email to single address

I've a Ubuntu 9.04 server installation which is hosting a small number of websites (currently two, and will remain in single figures). The email requirements for the server are very limited - to send outgoing emails and forward all incoming emails…
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SPF + DKIM + DMARC with Gmail account and external mail server

I,m using gmail with own domain (Google Apps) for my project. Now I want to add external mail server for sending notifications for users. Gmail doesn't give private keys for DKIM and if keys will be generated on external mail server, in case strict…
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Failed SPF for email imported to Gmail because of client IP instead of server's in message when sent through SMTP from one local box to another

We have a linux (Debian) VPS with domain (let's say example.com with MX mail.example.com) that has SPF set up. There is dovecot+exim running. There is also Direct Admin on top of that. When I send a mail to foreign server then everything is fine.…
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