Paul S Person
2024-01-26 03:19:17 UTC
So, I find myself in a bit of a pickle.
The credit card Earthlink uses to charge for keeping my emails alive
was recently replaced by a new one with a new expiration date. But
Earthlink will not let me see the stored payment information they
have, never mind update it.
My current ISP turns out to not be actually able to provide email, as
it cannot be set up. It insists I give it a mobile phone number that
it can send a message to, and I have no such thing available.
So, I have set up a GMail account just in case I need it. (Amazon
turned out to already have the new expiration date when I checked so
it is possible that Earthlink has it as well; Netflix, OTOH, did not
and I had to update it on-line myself). I will need it if their next
charge is rejected.
The problem is, although I set it up according to the GMail help
article, Agent isn't working. Agent does work with Earthlink, so the
TLS should be high enough. Gmail does recommend a time-out setting,
but I haven't found where to set it. And Agent may well be exceeding
it anyway.
Any ideas on how to use Agent to handle email through the GMail
server?
The current settings, all mixed together, with notes:
SSL required
Simple username and password
the credentials are the email I just created and the password
(which I have tested by logging out and logging in in Edge)
the Ports specified are the default Ports used by Agent
the connection type is Connect securely on standard mail submission
port
this is the only choice that does not cause a timeout except
Do not use secure connection
which produces a message stating that a secure connection is required
using either Connect with TLS on SMTP port connection
causes a timeout
Or is this simply not possible?
In that case, what free/or even not free 3rd party email servers are
known to work with Agent 8?
TIA for any response
The credit card Earthlink uses to charge for keeping my emails alive
was recently replaced by a new one with a new expiration date. But
Earthlink will not let me see the stored payment information they
have, never mind update it.
My current ISP turns out to not be actually able to provide email, as
it cannot be set up. It insists I give it a mobile phone number that
it can send a message to, and I have no such thing available.
So, I have set up a GMail account just in case I need it. (Amazon
turned out to already have the new expiration date when I checked so
it is possible that Earthlink has it as well; Netflix, OTOH, did not
and I had to update it on-line myself). I will need it if their next
charge is rejected.
The problem is, although I set it up according to the GMail help
article, Agent isn't working. Agent does work with Earthlink, so the
TLS should be high enough. Gmail does recommend a time-out setting,
but I haven't found where to set it. And Agent may well be exceeding
it anyway.
Any ideas on how to use Agent to handle email through the GMail
server?
The current settings, all mixed together, with notes:
SSL required
Simple username and password
the credentials are the email I just created and the password
(which I have tested by logging out and logging in in Edge)
the Ports specified are the default Ports used by Agent
the connection type is Connect securely on standard mail submission
port
this is the only choice that does not cause a timeout except
Do not use secure connection
which produces a message stating that a secure connection is required
using either Connect with TLS on SMTP port connection
causes a timeout
Or is this simply not possible?
In that case, what free/or even not free 3rd party email servers are
known to work with Agent 8?
TIA for any response
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