Re: smtp authentication (sendmail relay)

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> * Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>  on Sun, 17 Dec 2000
> | In fact, not really sure where those smtp negotiations get handled.
> 
> If newsguy is doing what I suspect they are doing, they don't.
> Authenticated SMTP hooks into POP authentication.  When you authenticate
> yourself to the POP server, a flag is set that allows you to use that
> host's SMTP server to relay mail.  That flag is cleared after some set
> period.
> 
> It is probably a bit more complex than this, but this is what the end users
> see.

So, if that is the case then I should be able to relaty through them
since that is my source of POP3.   So does the relay have to happen in
conjunction with a POP3 retrieval .... Any one know how that is setup?

Maybe the messages from a staight on attempt to relay will provide a
clue.

Couldn't think of a way to get more verbose stuff since telnet is
disabled:

bsd > cat .bashrc|mail -v -s"TESTnewsguySMTP" reader@newsguy.com
reader@newsguy.com... Connecting to smtp.newsguy.com. via smtp...
reader@newsguy.com... Deferred: Connection refused by
smtp.newsguy.com.
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