r Blastula Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(url, handle = h) : MAIL failed: 530

Question

NOOB question related to R blastula. I am trying to send an email with blastula using office365. I was able to create a credentials file but can't seem to send a simple test email:

require(blastula) ; require(curl)
email <- compose_email(body = "Insert your e-mail body here",  footer = "Insert your e-mail footer here")
email %>% smtp_send(from = "me@email.com", to = "someone_else@email.com", credentials = creds_file("C:/Users/me/CREDS_FILE")
)

There seems be a dependency on curl that's throwing the error: Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(url, handle = h) : MAIL failed: 530

What am I doing wrong ?

[Always use `library`, not `require`](https://stackoverflow.com/a/51263513/1968). — Konrad Rudolph, Dec 09 '19 at 15:15
I'm having the same problem (yesterday it worked). You found an answer? — NBK, Mar 27 '20 at 11:30
hey same issue here @user2948714, you achieve to solve this problem? — Cristóbal Alcázar, May 27 '20 at 15:26

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 15:05

Try use_ssl = TRUE in create_smtp_creds_key. This worked for me.

email <- compose_email(
body = md(
  "Your email message"
))
smtp <- create_smtp_creds_key(
  id = "outlook",
  user = "youremail@outlook.com",
  provider = "office365",
  host = "smtp.office365.com",
  use_ssl = TRUE)
 email %>%
smtp_send(to = to,
          from = from,
          subject = subject,
          credentials = creds_key(id = "outlook"))

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 09 '19 at 15:15

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After doing some searching around I found this question and answer which seemed related. Hadley's suggestion of restarting R and reinstalling {curl} fixed the issue that I was having.

I actually reinstalled both {curl} and {blastula} with

install.packages(c('blastula', 'curl'))

edited Dec 09 '19 at 15:15

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Thanks Konrad, I gave you a point for the effort. Unfortunately this did not solve the curl_fetch_memory mail failed: 530 error – user2948714 Dec 09 '19 at 19:46
reinstalling both the packages did not solve the problem for me. – Lazarus Thurston Jul 15 '20 at 17:40

r Blastula Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(url, handle = h) : MAIL failed: 530

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