#The google provider worked flawlessly
misty hare
[next-auth][error][SIGNIN_EMAIL_ERROR]
These are the docs for that particular error, but I feel pretty certain that I have the smtp connection string correct. https://next-auth.js.org/errors#signin_email_error
that is my [...nextauth].js file
and I have those key value pairs in my .env.local file.
GMAIL_SERVER=smtp://emailaddress:gmailpassword@smtp.google.com:587
GMAIL_FROM=emailaddress
I disabled the "block unsafe applications" feature in google
it worked for me a single time, then never again and now I can't get it to work with any smtp provider
I did do a minor node update, do you think that broke nodemailer?
dusk marsh
Hold on, are the emails being sent?
Or did the error show up after you clicked on that first email that was sent successfully?
dusk marsh
And you clicked on the link in that email, right?
And that's when the error appeared?
misty hare
No. I was able to authenticate that first time. It all worked fine.
dusk marsh
Ah, OK.
misty hare
Logged me in, I used the site. Then I deleted that user from the db and tried again and it hasn't worked since.
dusk marsh
How did you delete it from the db? Manually?
misty hare
yeah, from Mongo Atlas
dusk marsh
Shouldn't have done that. 🙂
Did you also delete all the sessions, accounts, and tokens related to that user?
misty hare
I did not.
dusk marsh
OK, now the database is corrupt.
Is it possible to drop and recreate it, then start again?
misty hare
I would think that should be easy enough it's only test data in there now.
dusk marsh
OK, please try that. If it starts working afterwards, then my diagnosis is correct.
If it still fails, we need a new theory... 🙂
misty hare
I get this error in the UI even before I enter an email address, btw
dusk marsh
I'd still start with a clean db, just to eliminate that factor.
And restart the NextJS server.
misty hare
ok, I will try that.
dusk marsh
Good luck.
misty hare
thanks! haha
ok I dropped the whole db, I made only the collections that I use for my content. I was able to sign in with Google like before and next-auth created its normal collections users, tokens, etc
but I am still not able to use the email provider
are you familiar with other smtp setups for next-auth that aren't google? I feel like it's their security blocking me.
dusk marsh
I hope you're using a generated app password, not your real password? I've had GMail reject git sendmail for that reason before.
misty hare
I am not...
dusk marsh
OK, that's the first thing to try.
(BTW, do you have 2FA on for that Google account?)
misty hare
google always asks if it's me trying to sign in and I have to tap yes on my phone. Is that their 2Fa?
dusk marsh
Yes! 🙂
No wonder it doesn't work from NextAuth.
Try generating an app password and using it in NextAuth.
misty hare
Ok. I have my 16 char app password. Just pasted it and restarting my app. Fingers crossed.
other question. Is the username still my email then?
dusk marsh
I think so. NextAuth doesn't seem to have the concept of a username. Email is the closest thing to it that I know.
misty hare
still not working.
dusk marsh
(Maybe the Credentials adapter has the username concept, but it's nowhere in this schema: https://next-auth.js.org/adapters/models)
What's the error now?
(when you try to send the email)
misty hare
Samer
dusk marsh
😦
misty hare
I get an error as soon as I click on "sign in with email"
dusk marsh
Wait, it doesn't let you enter an email first?
dusk marsh
The stack trace indicates that either email or host is null on one of these lines: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/81afeef1949aba30cd78c18e830aaa9be6d8a354/packages/next-auth/src/providers/email.ts#L94-L95
misty hare
I don't know what to do with that information lol
misty hare
dusk marsh
OK, I think the error is because the email address you want to send the link to is null.
First off: what happens if you enter a valid email and click "Sign in with Email"?
misty hare
it just loads for an exceptionally long time then fails on a timeout
dusk marsh
Any errors in the log?
dusk marsh
Yeah, that's NextAuth failing to connect to a Google server.
misty hare
same thing with a different email
dusk marsh
OK, time to try a different SMTP provider.
There's a slight chance that your IP has been blackholed as a "known spammer".
misty hare
well that would be shitty
misty hare
who has the lowest standards? lol
dusk marsh
Hmmm...
misty hare
I signed up for a sendgrid account but I couldn't figure out their connection string
dusk marsh
I don't think the IP ban is a high probability. But it's definitely time to try another SMTP provider, just to check what happens.
misty hare
smtp://apikey:<myapikey>@smtp.sendgrid.net:587
tried that with no luck still.
made sure my email was verified with sendgrid first
dusk marsh
Another timeout?
dusk marsh
Ignore that for now, that's a separate error that's likely trivial.
Enter a valid email and hit the button.
misty hare
still timing out. I am gonna try port 25
dusk marsh
Also try from a different IP (eg, via VPN or phone tether).
misty hare
I will try my phone
yoooooooo
It worked with my phone
no effin way
it was my IP
do you have a Venmo I can send $10 to?
dusk marsh
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