Emails aren't being sent when announcer plugin is installed

Just wanted to add my email to this ticket.

Just making it more readable

[notification] 
always_notify_owner = true 
always_notify_reporter = false 
always_notify_updater = false 
mime_encoding = base64 
smtp_always_bcc = 
smtp_always_cc = 
smtp_default_domain = episodic.com 
smtp_enabled = true 
smtp_from = internal@episodic.com 
smtp_password = ***** 
smtp_port = 25 
smtp_replyto = internal@episodic.com 
smtp_server = smtp.gmail.com 
smtp_subject_prefix = [TRAC] 
smtp_user = internal@episodic.com 
use_public_cc = false 
use_short_addr = false 
use_tls = true

[components] 
advancedworkflow.* = enabled 
announcerplugin.api.announcementsystem = enabled 
announcerplugin.distributors.email_distributor.emaildistributor = enabled
announcerplugin.formatters.ticket_email.ticketemailformatter = enabled 
announcerplugin.pref.announcerpreferences = enabled 
announcerplugin.producers.attachment.attachmentchangeproducer = enabled 
announcerplugin.producers.ticket.ticketchangeproducer = enabled 
announcerplugin.producers.wiki.wikichangeproducer = enabled 
announcerplugin.resolvers.defaultdomain.defaultdomainemailresolver = enabled 
announcerplugin.resolvers.sessionemail.sessionemailresolver = disabled 
announcerplugin.subscribers.ticket_compat.carboncopysubscriber = enabled 
announcerplugin.subscribers.ticket_compat.legacyticketsubscriber = enabled 

Can you send email through gmail's smtp server using your episodic.com user/pass?

I can. Typical email notifications work just fine. As soon as I turn on announcer, things stop working.

It would seem if the server requires TLS that AnnouncePlugin? is still trying normal SMTP AUTH rather than issuing a STARTTLS? I'm trying to use AnnouncePlugin? with Gmail and am getting "SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server." ... which is kinda true, since it requires STARTTLS.

I just attached a patch to #3560 that fixes the "SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server." issue. It might fix this issue for the original reporter as well.

duplicate bug 3560