Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:39:05 -0400 From: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empty AUTH=<> in SMTP from Mutt message causing refused mail Message-ID: <20030908233905.GN73789@kirk.dlee.org> In-Reply-To: <20030908192011.3974.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> References: <20030908162559.GG73789@kirk.dlee.org> <20030908163741.3451.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> <20030908164646.GH73789@kirk.dlee.org> <20030908170031.3551.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> <20030908170815.GJ73789@kirk.dlee.org> <20030908174039.3672.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> <20030908180515.GK73789@kirk.dlee.org> <20030908192011.3974.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info>
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:20:11PM -0500, Gary wrote: > Here is what I am thinking... 1. You mentioned you can send via other > MUAs, pine, etc, so I am inclined to think that your SMTP auth is set up > properly in Sendmail... 2. Given this, I still think it could be a Mutt > problem.. I think you are getting a null Auth return because Mutt is not > sending your password in order to auth the SMTP transaction, and it is > getting bounced. The only confusing thing there is that Mutt doesn't do anything to authenticate to SMTP; neither does Pine or any other mailer we use. Initially I wanted to set that up, but as things are now, we don't use that. You could still be right; I must be overlooking something. > the only other thing I can think of, to rule out Sendmail as a cause, is > to log the entire SMTP transaction, say using Pine and Mutt with your > problem server. Here's a sample of that, from Mutt. I replaced the company name in the banner with [companyName]. 220 webshielde250.[companyName] WebShielde250/SMTP Ready. EHLO kirk.dlee.org 250-DSN 250-AUTH LOGIN 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250 ESMTP OK MAIL From:<dgl@dlee.org> AUTH=<> 501 Syntax error - badly formatted address quit 221 Closing connection The only difference from Pine is the " AUTH=<>" at the end of "MAIL From:" is not there, and it works... -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Bartimaeus Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com "Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. {Ralph Waldo Emerson}
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