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On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:32:27 +0200, "Dmitry A. Kazakov"
<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:

>On 2021-09-03 00:19, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
>> news:sgol48$r20$1@gioia.aioe.org...
>> ...
>>> Most mail servers do not accept unencrypted connections.
>> 
>> That's news to me, as my mail server (you know, the one that runs
>> Ada-Comment and the other ARG lists) doesn't support encrypted connections.
>> I don't have any problem sending to GMail (I send copies of most of my
>> personal mail there). Something else must be wrong.
>
>The question is with what settings. There are hundreds of combinations 
>of Port x unencrypted|StartTLS|TLS x authentication method.
>
>The port 465 was intended for TLS, then it was depreciated. Then they 
>introduced other ports. Legacy mail servers pissed that all on etc.
>
> From experience, getting a SMTP client working is real pain.

he is better off using his own provider's mail server on port 25, it
will accept username/password as authentication.