Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:09:05 +1200 From: Richard Stevenson <richard@endace.com> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMTP AUTH Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0405261601430.13691@zhba.rg.raqnpr.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20040526031822.M83563@enabled.com> References: <20040526031822.M83563@enabled.com>
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On Tue, 25 May 2004, Noah wrote: > sendmail-8.12.11 > freeBSD-4.9-STABLE > > I must be doing something wrong. SMTP AUTH is not working very well for me. > I have been trying to authenticate with user and password to port 25. > > I prefer to send all auth user and password information with SSL encryption. > would like SSL Version 3 encryption. You've got "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" enabled for the SMTP server in Outlook? > I am using microsoft outlook on windows XP machine to do the sending. I have > the username and password defined. > > I have configured outgoing mail requiring authentication then clicking both > with Secure Password Authenticaiton and without. That should be "without" for SPA. > this is the error ending up in /var/log/maillog > > --- from the Maillogs --- > > May 21 16:19:33 typhoon sm-mta[64503]: i4LNJXxA064503: > hostname.domain.com [10.10.10.10] did not > issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA > > --- snip --- If you're requiring SSL, then my guess is that Outlook isn't seeing "STARTTLS" in response to EHLO. You can confirm by getting a session log: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300479 And if you're running one of those !@#$@!$@!% antivirus products that scans outbound e-mail, *disable it*. Those things all prevent SMTP AUTH and/or STARTTLS from working. Cheers Richard -- Richard Stevenson If you can hear your neighbours firing small arms, they are using subsonic ammunition. -- Andrew Dalgliesh, in the Monastery
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