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    From paulie420@21:2/150 to All on Monday, September 11, 2023 16:53:58
    So... I'll try to keep it short; I was on smtp2go.com for a couple years, no problems - but then the account got deleted, or cancelled. Switched to gmail; but they don't like letting 'Login' authorization so... went to breva.com - I got it all setup, and sent a test email verification thru Mystic - all was great; until they cancelled the account for violating their TOS 10 hours later??!? Don't know why - I only sent that ONE test email.

    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?



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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to paulie420 on Monday, September 11, 2023 21:20:18
    On 11 Sep 2023, paulie420 said the following...

    So... I'll try to keep it short; I was on smtp2go.com for a couple
    years, no problems - but then the account got deleted, or cancelled. Switched to gmail; but they don't like letting 'Login' authorization
    so... went to breva.com - I got it all setup, and sent a test email verification thru Mystic - all was great; until they cancelled the
    account for violating their TOS 10 hours later??!? Don't know why - I
    only sent that ONE test email.

    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?



    I use GMail, you choose the option for a using a app password, it's very easy if you google app password in GMail. I use it and have had no issues at all..

    AL

    ... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

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  • From esc@21:4/173 to paulie420 on Monday, September 11, 2023 20:43:10
    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?

    I would /not/ advise running your email server. It's doable, but to ensure your emails don't go into peoples' spam boxes, it'll take a ton of work, and they're a PITA to maintain.

    What's the deal with google? I've got mine linked up to gmail and it works as far as I can tell. Did they change the TOS or something?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/02/26 (Linux/64)
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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Bucko on Monday, September 11, 2023 20:36:39
    I use GMail, you choose the option for a using a app password, it's very easy if you google app password in GMail. I use it and have had no
    issues at all..

    Ok - I did see SOMETHING about that option... maybe I'll write up a how-to after I figure it out. Thanks for the tips, I'll copy and paste into my smtp_info.txt. :P



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  • From deon@21:2/116 to paulie420 on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 16:37:11
    Re: SMTP for Email Verification/Password Resets
    By: paulie420 to All on Mon Sep 11 2023 04:53 pm

    Hey Paulie,

    So... I'll try to keep it short; I was on smtp2go.com for a couple years, no problems - but then the account got deleted, or cancelled. Switched to gmail; but they don't like letting 'Login' authorization so... went to

    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?

    I use smtp2go for my outbound BBS email (even though I'm using SBBS). I havent had any troubles with it.


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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to paulie420 on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 07:43:00
    On 11 Sep 2023, paulie420 said the following...

    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?

    Microsoft 365 should do it.. but you're probably talking $6/mo each for you personally (if you use email at your bbs domain) and one for your automated sysop messages. Unless you don't mind the emails looking like they come directly from you.

    A LOT of companies use it for legacy stuff .. basically you go into the 'advanced' Exchange server bits and allow smtp, add whitelisted IPs, etc.

    This will break every time your IP changes though.. best have some reminder cause I don't think it can be automated.

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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to paulie420 on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 18:34:02
    On 11 Sep 2023, paulie420 said the following...


    Ok - I did see SOMETHING about that option... maybe I'll write up a
    how-to after I figure it out. Thanks for the tips, I'll copy and paste into my smtp_info.txt. :P

    Let me know if you need help with getting it going, Once I figured it out it worked pretty easily. Then again it took me a few hours to figure it out.. LOL

    AL

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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to esc on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 18:42:18
    What's the deal with google? I've got mine linked up to gmail and it
    works as far as I can tell. Did they change the TOS or something?

    Bucko told me I need to setup gmail to allow an 'app password' - so I guess I'm gonna check into that...

    Dunno why I got 'TOS'ed' at 2 SMTP services tho... ugh. :P



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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to deon on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 18:44:10
    I use smtp2go for my outbound BBS email (even though I'm using SBBS). I havent had any troubles with it.

    Me too - I used them for 2 years, and then my account suddenly wasn't working anymore. The more this going on (I've now been TOS banned at both Benvo.com and smtp.com), I'm wondering if my smtp2go account was actually TOS'd, too - for some reason I'm now aware of...

    Gonna look into my old smtp2go account. :/ Thanks..



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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Tracker1@21:3/149 to paulie420 on Friday, September 15, 2023 19:45:47
    At any rate, what service do you use for sending SMTP mails out of your Mystic bbS so users can self-validate thru email, and get password reset emails? Should I run my own email server, or what works best for you?

    I've been using SendGrid for a few years now to relay outbound BBS mail... the free tier should work well enough. You'll need to configure some DNS entries to get it to work, so you really need your own domain and not a ddns ideally.


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