At 11:02 -0500 1/31/2002, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
>> > SMTP<< NOOP
>> > 250 OK
>>
>>What a stupid client. What's the point of that?
>
>How should I know? You are the expert :)
>
>> > SMTP<< HELO fringe.oddprocess.org
>>
>>Well, there you go. If the client sends HELO, it is speaking unextended
>>SMTP. Exim won't advertise any SMTP extensions (which include AUTH)
>>unless the client starts off with EHLO. This is as defined in the RFCs.
>>
>>The client is either broken, or doesn't support authentication.
>
>Danged Windows Eudora. Thanks for the help and sorry for the bother...
Is there a Pix firewall between you and the SMTP port on the machine seeing
the HELO?
If so, get the administrator to turn off the email training wheels which
convert EHLO into HELO (among other things it does to "make mail safe").
--John
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John Baxter jwblist@??? Port Ludlow, WA, USA
