[Release] AB-Solution 3 - The Ad Blocking Solution

[thelonelycoder]

Indeed...... tricky?

I don't think so, just some more extra code and formatting (html and css) to send along in the mail body and a header meta.

 

[Xentrk]

I created a new gmail account selected the "less secure apps" option. I am getting closer as I now get an error message.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I created a new gmail account selected the "less secure apps" option. I am getting closer as I now get an error message.

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Check your password, special chars can be a problem, especially backticks (`).
, ; : * seem to be fine.

 

[Xentrk]

Check your password, special chars can be a problem, especially backticks (`).
, ; : * seem to be fine.

I removed all special characters from the password and received the same error message. I also powered cycle the router just in case..

I have periods in my email address though

 

[thelonelycoder]

I removed all special characters from the password and received the same error message. I also powered cycle the router just in case..

I have periods in my email address though

Test with a alphanumeric password only, to rule that out.

I'm not sure this has anything to do with it but you can also try to enable IMAP access in Settings / Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
If it then works, switch IMAP to disable and test again.

 

[duffydack]

Is it normal to use ip 0.0.0.0?
/tmp/mnt/sda1/adblocking/hosts-adblock pagead2.googlesyndication.com is 0.0.0.0

or should I manually set the routers dns under dhcp? It's blank now, which should use routers ip. My devices are setup to use dhcp and work fine, and ads are blocked, not completely (leaves the box with 'refused'), but I guess pixelserv will take care of that once I set it up.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Is it normal to use ip 0.0.0.0?
/tmp/mnt/sda1/adblocking/hosts-adblock pagead2.googlesyndication.com is 0.0.0.0

Welcome to AB-Solution! This is perfectly fine and is how a standard install of AB works.
0.0.0.0 is a dead IP on any device, a black-hole if you want.

Is it normal to use ip 0.0.0.0?
/tmp/mnt/sda1/adblocking/hosts-adblock pagead2.googlesyndication.com is 0.0.0.0

or should I manually set the routers dns under dhcp? It's blank now, which should use routers ip. My devices are setup to use dhcp and work fine, and ads are blocked, not completely (leaves the box with 'refused'), but I guess pixelserv will take care of that once I set it up.

No manual intervention necessary, it works best the way you have set it now. pixelserv-tls will block https ads in addition to standard http ads and will partially remove the pesky boxes.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I removed all special characters from the password and received the same error message. I also powered cycle the router just in case..

I have periods in my email address though

And double check 'Allow less secure apps' is in fact set to ON

 

[duffydack]

Welcome to AB-Solution! This is perfectly fine and is how a standard install of AB works.
0.0.0.0 is a dead IP on any device, a black-hole if you want.

No manual intervention necessary, it works best the way you have set it now. pixelserv-tls will block https ads in addition to standard http ads and will partially remove the pesky boxes.

Ah, cool.. I used to use dnsmasq myself with a hosts file script that pulled from most of the ones yours does, and always set it to use the servers ip, didn't think of just using 0.0.0.0.
Very smooth install on my ac87. Expect some beer money deposited

 

[Xentrk]

Test with a alphanumeric password only, to rule that out.

I'm not sure this has anything to do with it but you can also try to enable IMAP access in Settings / Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
If it then works, switch IMAP to disable and test again.

The email format is text.text.text@gmail.com. No numbers or special characters in the password. I enabled IMAP and received the same error. I disabled it and received the same error.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Ah, cool.. I used to use dnsmasq myself with a hosts file script that pulled from most of the ones yours does, and always set it to use the servers ip, didn't think of just using 0.0.0.0.
Very smooth install on my ac87. Expect some beer money deposited

The difference is the timeout of the IP's used. If you use 127.0.0.1 (the localhost) or an existing IP (say 192.168.1.1) your router will try to send a response and timeout after a few milisecs because it is unable to serve that page.
0.0.0.0 will immediately return unknown host and your browser or OS will set the flag to ignore requests to that IP in future.

 

[thelonelycoder]

The email format is text.text.text@gmail.com. No numbers or special characters in the password. I enabled IMAP and received the same error. I disabled it and received the same error.

Try it without the dot in the address. gmail ignores dot's.

 

[Xentrk]

And double check 'Allow less secure apps' is in fact set to ON

I verified the setting:

I tried changing my DNS settings to google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. The same error occurred. I can ping smtp.gmail.com.

I created another gmail account with no periods in the name. Same result. I also changed the IMAP settings to on, tested and received the same error.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I verified the setting:

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I tried changing my DNS settings to google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. The same error occurred. I can ping smtp.gmail.com.

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I created another gmail account with no periods in the name. Same result.

Try this: Enable a more verbose mode in /adblocking/addon/log-stats.add on line 3.
Set it by removing the comment hash (#)
# set -x
to
set -x
and save the file.


Then send a testmail again. Verbose output follows, the interesting bit is near the end:
sendmail: failed
......
.....

Be careful not to post the email credentials if you paste output....

 

[duffydack]

Welcome to AB-Solution! This is perfectly fine and is how a standard install of AB works.
0.0.0.0 is a dead IP on any device, a black-hole if you want.

No manual intervention necessary, it works best the way you have set it now. pixelserv-tls will block https ads in addition to standard http ads and will partially remove the pesky boxes.

Installed pixelserv, set aside 192.168.1.251 for it, but from what I've seen so far the empty grey boxes still show. Guess I'll need to keep my ublock extenstion. Great job tho.. dat bash script doe

 

[thelonelycoder]

I verified the setting:

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I tried changing my DNS settings to google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. The same error occurred. I can ping smtp.gmail.com.

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I created another gmail account with no periods in the name. Same result. I also changed the IMAP settings to on, tested and received the same error.

And if my previous post still does not give more clues, do this:
In the same file, set it back to # set -x but change line 160 from:

cat /tmp/mail.txt | sendmail -H"exec openssl s_client -quiet \

to:

cat /tmp/mail.txt | sendmail -v -H"exec openssl s_client -quiet \

.
A even more verbose sendmail output follows.

 

[Xentrk]

Try this: Enable a more verbose mode in /adblocking/addon/log-stats.add on line 3.
Set it by removing the comment hash (#)
# set -x
to
set -x
and save the file.


Then send a testmail again. Verbose output follows, the interesting bit is near the end:
sendmail: failed
......
.....

Be careful not to post the email credentials if you paste output....

Thanks thelonelycoder, this is what was below the failed message:

 

[thelonelycoder]

Great job tho.. dat bash script doe

Some magic in there huh?

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thanks thelonelycoder, this is what was below the failed message:

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Yeah, that's just the script's code, nothing to do with sendmail. Try my second suggestion I just posted.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thanks thelonelycoder, this is what was below the failed message:

View attachment 8103

What about your pfSense box? Any interference from it?