Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:25:59 -0400 From: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Empty AUTH=<> in SMTP from Mutt message causing refused mail Message-ID: <20030908162559.GG73789@kirk.dlee.org>
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Hard to define this one fully in a subject line... I have two FreeBSD 4.x systems running sendmail. I'm trying to send mail to a site that recently started using the WebShield virus protection system for incoming mail. If I send from Mutt, the mails are refused by the WebShielded site; if I send from Pine or from a Windows mail client (still through the same SMTP servers in both cases), the mail goes through. The difference is that Mutt-generated messages' SMTP stream contains a line like MAIL From:<dlee@bart.bartsite.com> AUTH=<> whereas mail generated from Pine or a Windows mailer looks like MAIL From:<dlee@bart.bartsite.com> In other words, the "AUTH=<>" only appears in Mutt-generated mail. I have no earthly idea how this is possible. If anyone does, please let me know. I am trying to figure out (1) how to get Mutt mail through to these people again (it worked fine until they installed WebShield), and (2) whether they need to be notified that they may be rejecting a lot of mail. So far, it looks like very few people's mail will be rejected. I just happen to be one of them... Please Cc me on responses so I don't miss something in a huge list mail box. Thanks much. -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Bartimaeus Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com "The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh {American Author}
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