Re: SMTP auth with SSL

[Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro@fct.unl.pt>]

Mário Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've compiled qmail-ldap with SMTP AUTH and SSL.
>
> I also made the certificate which is in /var/qmail/control
>
> Now, i have a mail account with the password secret.
>
> I ran:
> $ perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print 
> encode_base64("\000gamito\@mail2.telbit.pt\000secret")'
> Result was:
> AGdhbWl0b0BtYWlsMi50ZWxiaXQucHQAc2VjcmV0
>
> Now i telnet to the server and get this error:
> [root@mail2 qmail]# telnet mail2.telbit.pt 25
> Trying 192.168.84.128...
> Connected to mail2.telbit.pt (192.168.84.128).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 mail2.telbit.pt ESMTP
> EHLO mail2.telbit.pt
> 250-mail2.telbit.pt
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> 250 8BITMIME
> AUTH LOGIN PLAIN AGdhbWl0b0BtYWlsMi50ZWxiaXQucHQAc2VjcmV0
> 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
> MAIL FROM: gamito@mail2.telbit.pt
> 501 authentication exchange failed
>
>
> What's missing here ?
>
> What is the password or how to set it ?
> Isn't it the mail's account pass ?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Mário Gamito
Hello Mário, pehaps you'd like to take a look at this page. I found it 
very straight forward and accessible.
http://qmail.jms1.net/test-auth.shtml

Regards,

Hugo Monteiro.

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