Hey Julia, I ended up doing a lot of things in order for it to work and I don't know which ones are totally necessary. My issue is specific to Debian/Gmail/Mutt so this won't apply to everyone. But I have a feeling that the HELO/ELHO error occurred because I did not have a domain configured. I had: $ hostname localhost $ domainname (none) so I ended up changing my /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname file. My /etc/hostname just says hostname1 My /etc/hosts has 2 lines that say: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 hostname1.localdomain hostname1 Then run $ sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start $ sudo reboot verify changes with $ hostname hostname1 $ hostname -d localdomain I think that suffices for a "FQDN" Fully Qualified Domain Name. $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install exim4 After that I followed this tutorial exactly: https://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 It explains exactly what to put for each menu entry when you run $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config After that, mutt will send emails! Since this is such a specific case, maybe it can go on some FAQ or Troubleshooting page?? Sincerely, Liz On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 1:33:11 PM UTC-7, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > > On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, gnud...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hey Vaishali, > > Thanks for your reply. I finally figured it out. Hallelujah. > > The Debian installation manual specifically says to use exim4 in order > to > > set up debian to use e-mail: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s05.html.en > > > > I had to closely follow this tutorial in order to finally get it to > work: > > https://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 > > > > I also had to fix my /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname file. > > > > I thought I'd post these in case you're using Debian. > > Do you want me to add anything to the tutorial? > > julia > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 9:47:33 PM UTC-7, Vaishali Thakkar > > wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:18 AM, wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Thanks for your replies. I've tried many .muttrc config > > changes and Gmail > > > setup but I keep getting the same error. > > > I think I'm supposed to set up a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain > > Name). Mutt > > > keeps telling me there is no HELO/ELHO argument > > > > I am not sure about this error but usually Mutt fails for me if > > I use > > it under firewall, > > proxy settings or vpn. So, I don't use it anymore. Git > > send-email > > works good for me. > > If you can't figure out the solution of this error and want to > > go for > > the git send-email > > then you can check this blog: > > > > > https://burzalodowa.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/how-to-send-patches-with-git-s > > end-email/ > > > > It just requires to set up .gitconfig. I can share my settings > > but I > > think that blog explains > > almost everything in detail. > > > > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 11:01:18 PM UTC-7, > > gnud...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> > > >> I'm on Debian Jessie and I cannot get mutt to send email. I > > can receive > > >> emails and view my inbox in Mutt but I can't send messages. I > > can send them > > >> to myself though. I can't send them to another email address. > > >> > > >> When I use mutt to send an email I keep getting this > > HELO/ELHO error: > > >> > > >> SMTP session failed: 501 5.5.4 > > https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo > > >> yg10sm21072351pab.8 - gsmtp > > >> > > >> That brings me to this page: > > >> > > >> > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6386757?visit_id=1-63610024331271608 > > 0-1894628512&p=helo&rd=1 > > >> > > >> I can't figure out how to resolve this issue. My 2 factor is > > off and I'm > > >> allowing login from unsecure apps. I'm also trying to use > > ssmtp instead of > > >> esmtp but the same thing happens in mutt. > > >> > > >> When i do > > >> $ sudo ssmtp some...@gmail.com > > >> > > >> the email does actually go through though, but it says from > > root. > > >> > > >> If anyone has suggestions I would really appreciate it! > > >> Thanks, > > >> Liz > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups > > > "outreachy-kernel" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > > it, send an > > > email to outreachy-kern...@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > outreach...@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/outreachy-kernel/649173d5-38d8-43e3-af3b- > > a81aab81311d%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > -- > > Vaishali > > http://vaishalithakkar.in/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "outreachy-kernel" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to outreachy-kern...@googlegroups.com . > > To post to this group, send email to outreach...@googlegroups.com > . > > To view this discussion on the web visithttps:// > groups.google.com/d/msgid/outreachy-kernel/c33bb083-d19f-473c-9f16- > > 92bbd62d4e80%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > >