On 06/02/14 16:49, Richard Clayton wrote:
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> In message <52F3B997.3020101@???>, Jeremy Harris
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>> On 06/02/14 16:19, Richard Clayton wrote:
>>> authentication required but no common mechanisms were found
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>> If you telnet to the smarthost, what authentication types
>> does it offer?
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> One of them (Virgin) uses LOGIN the other uses CRAM-MD5... I don't
> think "offer" is quite the word to use for Virgin's smtps on port 465,
> you're just meant to know that's what it wants you to do.
Ah - try using the "swaks" tool to talk to it. This will give
the encrypted connection; it should offer you AUTH LOGIN (or
whatever) once you say EHLO to it. This is how the "automatic"
works - exim parses the EHLO response to pick from the configured
authenticators.
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Cheers,
Jeremy
