On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:28:13AM +0200, Dave Myers wrote:
> This is my telnet session.
>
> telnet mail.exsportee.biz 25
> Trying 92.39.247.92...
> Connected to mail.exsportee.biz.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 vps4576-cloud.dns26.com ESMTP Exim 4.72 Thu, 18 Sep 2014
> 15:28:26 +0000
> ehlo exsportee.biz
> 250-vps4576-cloud.dns26.com Hello
> 85-170-90-200.rev.numericable.fr [85.170.90.200]
> 250-SIZE 52428800
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 HELP
> auth plain
> 435 Unable to authenticate at present
> auth plain "websales@???" "testPassword"
> 435 Unable to authenticate at present
Both forms are incorrect, PLAIN should be followed by base64-encoded
string with name and password delimited by NULL character.
So, it should be
AUTH PLAIN d2Vic2FsZXNAZXhzcG9ydGVlLmJpegB0ZXN0UGFzc3dvcmQ=
in your example. Consult RFC for details.
--
Eugene Berdnikov