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System: Alert message failed to send.
I'm stumped on what's wrong with setting up SMTP details.
Whenever I click "Send Test Message And Apply" I get the message:
Unable to send a test message
Cannot send a test message. Check network settings.
Code: 5008010004
Error from msmtp
The logs are no help all it says is:
System: Alert message failed to send.
Any thoughts on what could be wrong here? Not really sure what to check for with the obscure error message.
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What email provider are you using?
fastmail.com
No idea what's wrong with connecting to that account.
To get things working, I used gmail with similar settings. Even using an app password. Seems to work fine. I'd still like to know what that cryptic error code means - might help me figure out what's wrong with my fastmail connection.
Maybe download the log zip file, and look for more details in there.
You tried both ports - 465 and 587? I imagine you checked your spam filter.
You can of course send it using gmail to a fastmail address.
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