Re: gnus and smtp auth

[Hiroshi Fujishima <hiroshi.fujishima@gmail.com>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

>>> When I replace the .gnus configuration (from terjeros) with the right
>>> settings, it hangs and there is nothing in smtp debug.
>>
>> I encountered the same trouble, too. 
>>
>> In the cause, the behavior of gnutls-cli is of change according to the
>> value of process-connection-type:
>>
>> (let ((process-connection-type t))
>>   (start-process "test" (current-buffer) "gnutls-cli" "-s" "-p" "587" "smtp.gmail.com"))
>>
>> 	Resolving 'smtp.gmail.com'...
>> 	Connecting to '64.233.185.109:587'...
>> 	
>> 	- Simple Client Mode:
>> 	
>> 	220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP d61sm300512wra
>> 	
>> (let ((process-connection-type nil))
>>   (start-process "test" (current-buffer) "gnutls-cli" "-s" "-p" "587" "smtp.gmail.com"))
>>
>> 	220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP 33sm823777wra
>>
>> Since default value of starttls-process-connection-type is nil,
>> starttls-connect regexp in starttls-open-stream-gnutls() does not
>> match.  So emacs hangs.  Gnutls version which I use is:
>
> Does sending mail work if you toggle s-p-c-t?  It is not clear what
> the best default for that variable should be.

It did not work regardless of which the value of s-p-c-t was.  If
s-p-c-t is nil, it just hangs.  If s-p-c-t is nil, emacs say `Sending
failed; SMTP protocol error'.  Here is debug infomation:

*Messages*:
Opening STARTTLS connection to `smtp.gmail.com'...done
220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP c12sm932888nzc
250-mx.gmail.com at your service
250-SIZE 20971520
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
502 5.5.1 Unrecognized command c12sm932888nzc
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
smtpmail-send-it: Sending failed; SMTP protocol error

*trace...* buffer:
Process SMTP killed
220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP c12sm932888nzc^M
EHLO alex^M
250-mx.gmail.com at your service^M
250-SIZE 20971520^M
250-8BITMIME^M
250-STARTTLS^M
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES^M
STARTTLS^M
502 5.5.1 Unrecognized command c12sm932888nzc^M
QUIT^M
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS^M

Of course executing in shell prompt works.

% gnutls-cli -s -p 587 smtp.gmail.com
Resolving 'smtp.gmail.com'...
Connecting to '64.233.163.109:587'...

- Simple Client Mode:

220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP 6sm76762nzn
EHLO bar.com
250-mx.gmail.com at your service
250-SIZE 20971520
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
STARTTLS
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
^D
*** Starting TLS handshake
- Certificate type: X.509
 - Got a certificate list of 1 certificates.

 - Certificate[0] info:
 # The hostname in the certificate matches 'smtp.gmail.com'.
 # valid since: Fri Sep 17 08:35:45 JST 2004
 # expires at: Sat Sep 17 08:35:45 JST 2005
 # fingerprint: F5:BD:C3:C8:D5:4B:03:EA:57:BB:81:72:46:6B:26:54
 # Subject's DN: C=US,ST=California,L=Mountain View,O=Google Inc,CN=smtp.gmail.com
 # Issuer's DN: C=ZA,ST=Western Cape,L=Cape Town,O=Thawte Consulting cc,OU=Certification Services Division,CN=Thawte Server CA,EMAIL=server-certs@thawte.com


- Peer's certificate issuer is unknown
- Peer's certificate is NOT trusted
- Version: TLS 1.0
- Key Exchange: RSA
- Cipher: 3DES 168 CBC
- MAC: SHA
- Compression: NULL
QUIT
*** Fatal error: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
*** Server has terminated the connection abnormally.

-- 
Hiroshi Fujishima