From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 16:39:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3971916A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:39:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kirk.dlee.org (pool-138-88-48-76.res.east.verizon.net [138.88.48.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7EA343FF7 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:39:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dgl@kirk.dlee.org) Received: from kirk.dlee.org (dgl@localhost.dlee.org [127.0.0.1]) by kirk.dlee.org (8.12.8/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h88Nd6hs090587 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:39:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dgl@kirk.dlee.org) Received: (from dgl@localhost) by kirk.dlee.org (8.12.8/8.12.9/Submit) id h88Nd6P2090586 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:39:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:39:05 -0400 From: Doug Lee To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030908233905.GN73789@kirk.dlee.org> Mail-Followup-To: Doug Lee , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030908192011.3974.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Organization: Bartimaeus Group Subject: Re: Empty AUTH=<> in SMTP from Mutt message causing refused mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:39:11 -0000 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: 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}