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Q: Can't send mail: HELO/EHLO argument “name-imac\.local.lan" invalid,

I just updated my dads computer to Sierra and suddenly he can't send any mails with gmail smtp(through the Mail client) anymore. A different client (Entourage) can still send mails.

 

The log looks like this:

 

WROTE Oct 23 10:33:15.974 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x6000004abc40 -- thread:0x61000066df40

EHLO name-imac\.local.lan

 

READ Oct 23 10:33:16.004 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180004b4b20 -- thread:0x61800086dc40

* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH2 AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN AUTH=OAUTHBEARER AUTH=XOAUTH

1.23 OK Thats all she wrote! p31mb265160414eda

 

WROTE Oct 23 10:33:16.004 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180004b4b20 -- thread:0x61800086dc40

2.23 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "10.0 (3226)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.12 (16A323)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")

 

READ Oct 23 10:33:16.030 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x6000004abc40 -- thread:0x61000066df40

501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument “name-imac\.local.lan" invalid,

501-5.5.4 closing connection.

501 5.5.4  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo im3sm13028247wjb.13 - gsmtp

 

Any ideas?

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Oct 23, 2016 4:10 AM