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setting_up_mail_clients [2022/06/24 23:44] – [Introduction] bolding VPM VHOST requirement peteyboysetting_up_mail_clients [2022/09/22 06:45] (current) – [Sending Email] change "password" to "Auth Secret" peteyboy
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 ==== Sending Email ==== ==== Sending Email ====
 +In order to access SDF's SMTP server, you need to have a membership level that includes [[https://sdf.org/?join | VPM]]
  
   * SDF's SMTP server is mx.sdf.org   * SDF's SMTP server is mx.sdf.org
   * SDF's SMTP server listens on port 25 as well as ports 23, 53, 587 and 8080. Some ISPs throttle or block activity on port 25.   * SDF's SMTP server listens on port 25 as well as ports 23, 53, 587 and 8080. Some ISPs throttle or block activity on port 25.
-  * Set your SMTP AUTH secret with mkvpm set secret at the shell. The auth secret is not your SDF password; plese do not set secret to your SDF password. +  * Set your SMTP AUTH secret with ''mkvpm'' at the shell, using the "set secret" option**The auth secret is not your SDF password**please **do not set secret to your SDF password**
-  * Your SMTP AUTH username is [your domain name] @sdf.org (ex. alan8r.sdf.org@sdf.org) +  * Your SMTP AUTH username is //[your domain name]//**@sdf.org** (ex. alien8r.sdf.org@sdf.org) 
-    * If you are accessing VPM because you are paying dues for a VHOST, your SMTP AUTH user name is your VHOST domain name +    * The right [domain name] to you should use depends on how you have obtained VPM membership: 
-    *  If you are accessing VPM because you are paying dues or VPM or are METAARPA, your domain name is your SDF website domain, for example user 'alan8r' site for metaarpa could be <nowiki>https://alan8r.sdf.org</nowiki>, so their domain would be 'alan8r.sdf.org', so their SMTP Auth user would be 'alan8r.sdf.org@sdf.org'+      * If you can access VPM because you are **paying dues for a VHOST**, your SMTP AUTH user name is simply your VHOSTed domain name (ex: 'irulecomputers.com@sdf.org') 
 +      *  If you can access VPM because you are **paying dues for VPM or are METAARPA**, your domain name is your SDF website domain, for example user 'alien8r' site for metaarpa could be <nowiki>https://alien8r.sdf.org</nowiki>, so their domain would be 'alien8r.sdf.org', so their SMTP Auth user would be 'alien8r.sdf.org@sdf.org'
   * SMTP via STARTTLS is recommended. Some email clients may refer to STARTTLS as TLS. TLS/SSL is not STARTTLS.   * SMTP via STARTTLS is recommended. Some email clients may refer to STARTTLS as TLS. TLS/SSL is not STARTTLS.
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 +As an example of the above:
 +|**SMTP server**| mx.sdf.org|
 +|**Security**| "STARTTLS" |
 +|**Port**| 587 |
 +|**Username**|alien8r.sdf.org@sdf.org|
 +|**Authentication**| "Encrypted password" |
 +|**Password**|//Auth Secret set via mkvpm //|
 +
  
 Please note: the SMTP AUTH secret is set on the command line via mkvpm. The command history of the shell may keep the secret in the history file. Please note: the SMTP AUTH secret is set on the command line via mkvpm. The command history of the shell may keep the secret in the history file.
setting_up_mail_clients.1656114297.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/06/24 23:44 by peteyboy