Re: status of smtp authentication?

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <m3oehmplnd.fsf@mchsi.com> Bill White wrote:

> I've tried this with my information to no avail.  I can send mail to
> addresses within my employer's domain (as before), but not outside it.
> Does it matter that our mail clients are required to use SSL to
> authenticate?  Would I need some extra settings to handle that?

> The relevant error from my SMTP trace is:

> 550 5.7.1 <billw@mchsi.com>... Relaying denied. Proper authentication required.

Sending the EHLO command may show a hint.  To do that, connect
to the port 25 of the smtp server using telnet, and type:

EHLO hostname
(where `hostname' should be replaced with the name of your host)

and then:

QUIT

Here's a session I logged:

bash-2.05a$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-mail.example.com ESMTP Exim 4.42 #1 Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:23:32 -0500
220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
220 and/or bulk e-mail.
EHLO localhost
250-mail.example.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1]
250-SIZE 52428800
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-STARTTLS
250 HELP
QUIT
221 mail.example.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.

This server supports `AUTH PLAIN LOGIN' and `STARTTLS'.  I'm
sorry I don't know how to deal with protocols other than them.