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1. Blat help - again

• Posted by AndyDrummond Nov 03, 2009
• 1623 views

I am trying to get Blat.ew to work, with no joy at all. I see some of you guys have it working, so maybe you can tell me why this code fails:

atom err 
puts(1, "sending...please wait\n") 
 
--set up the registry entries so the send commands will work 
 
err = sendBlat("-install smtp.googlemail.com AndyFDrummond@googlemail.com") 
puts(1, getBlaterror(err)) 
puts(1,"\n") 
 
--send a simple message to me with subject Hello 
 
err = sendmail("Andy@kestreltele.com", "Hello") 
puts(1, getBlaterror(err)) 
puts(1,"\n") 
 

The first call returns 0, success, the second returns 2, Message body or attachment does not exist. The command file, \eublatbody, simply contains the original "-".

The code in eublat.ew doesn't seem to do what is required, but I just don't have the time or, now, the patience, to work through it. I assume it works, and that I have done something silly. The "sample usage" from the eublat readme is what I started with, and that does just what I said above.

Any ideas, gentlemen, or should I simply go and become a gardener??

3. Re: Blat help - again

• Posted by AndyDrummond Nov 04, 2009
• 1621 views

Thanks Greg, that may be it. It would be far simpler, from what I can see of Stunnel, to find a basic free smtp server which does not need TLS. I don't suppose you know of one? I'm not sure how I can find out that.... Security is not important, really, I can set my client to reject anything not originating from my program. I'm just trying to get my configuration program to email me when a file is saved. There will only be a very few of these things in use, so not a lot of traffic.

I'm currently using an FTP link to my server, which works fine, but not on all computers. Some just cannot see the ftp - I open a CMD window and try ftp a.b.c.d and it just sees nothing, even though the ping works. Other machines A-OK. So I thought if I could send an email that could be simpler. Ha! Maybe not!

Andy

5. Re: Blat help - again

• Posted by AndyDrummond Nov 04, 2009
• 1639 views

I'll look into that. I have also been told these open relays are dodgy..

Yep! My two laptops both have Kaspersky Internet Security - mine is 2009, and allows me to ftp out OK, the other is 2008 and I can find no way to allow it apart from from pausing protection. So - problem solved! I should have remembered - any internet/network problem, blame the firewall system in the internet protection program. Ah well. Back to looking at emails because it will still be useful.

What is Passive mode? I have seen it but it doesn't sound like I could write a file back to the server, which I want to do. Sounds a bit, well, passive...

Thanks for your help..

Andy

7. Re: Blat help - again

• Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Nov 04, 2009
• 1547 views

hotpop.com and fastmail.fm are not open relays. I've used both and had great service from them. An open smtp relay (one that allows anyone and his pet dog to connect, with no authentication in place) tends to be taken over by spammers and then get shut down pretty quickly.

Hmm. Will 2008 work with FTP in passive mode? I'd guess so, but I am not 100% certain.

You can upload files to the FTP server in passive mode. Passive mode has no loss of functionality as compared to Active mode. FTP's passive mode will do what you want.

9. Re: Blat help - again

• Posted by AndyDrummond Nov 05, 2009
• 1504 views

Ah! The link above explained it all. I have now set passive mode and that should get around pretty much any firewall problems. It certainly works reading and writing from a local port, but I can't easily go out to try it on a public connection.

Thanks, Jim.

11. Re: Blat help - again

• Posted by AndyDrummond Nov 05, 2009
• 1480 views

I confirm - with Passive mode selected (sounds like grammar!) it runs A-OK now, solid as any rock can be on the internet... Thanks VERY much indeed.