Re: [Evolution] AUTH LOGIN not working

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 21:49, Oscar A. Valdez wrote:
> I am running Evolution 1.4.5
> 
> My default outgoing mail is configured to use login authentication against my
> ISP's SMTP server (iPlanet Messaging Server).
> 
> Mails I write contain this header:
> 
> X-Evolution-Transport: smtp://myusername;auth=LOGIN mailserver com
> 
> When I try to send mail, this is the dialogue between Evolution and the SMTP server:
> sending : EHLO [10.5.193.214]
> received: 250-mta01
> received: 250-8BITMIME
> This server supports 8bit MIME
> received: 250-PIPELINING
> received: 250-DSN
> received: 250-XDFLG
> received: 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> This server supports enhanced status codes
> received: 250-EXPN
> received: 250-HELP
> received: 250-SAML
> received: 250-SEND
> received: 250-SOML
> received: 250-TURN
> received: 250-XADR
> received: 250-XSTA
> received: 250-XCIR
> received: 250-XGEN
> received: 250-XLOOP 71EA245D54E21694ACEB8538CA77D3B7
> received: 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> received: 250-AUTH=LOGIN
> received: 250-ETRN
> received: 250-RELAY
> received: 250 SIZE 0
> sending : AUTH LOGIN <<mime-encoded-username>>
> received: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
> sending : <<mime-encoded-password>>
> received: 235 2.7.0 LOGIN authentication successful.
> sending : EHLO [10.5.193.214]
> received: 250-mta01
> received: 250-8BITMIME
> This server supports 8bit MIME
> received: 250-PIPELINING
> received: 250-DSN
> received: 250-XDFLG
> received: 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> This server supports enhanced status codes
> received: 250-EXPN
> received: 250-HELP
> received: 250-SAML
> received: 250-SEND
> received: 250-SOML
> received: 250-TURN
> received: 250-XADR
> received: 250-XSTA
> received: 250-XCIR
> received: 250-XGEN
> received: 250-XLOOP 71EA245D54E21694ACEB8538CA77D3B7
> received: 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> received: 250-AUTH=LOGIN
> received: 250-ETRN
> received: 250-RELAY
> received: 250 SIZE 0
> sending : MAIL FROM:<oscar example-domain1 com>
> received: 250 2.5.0 Address Ok.
> sending : RCPT TO:<oscar valdez example-domain2 com>
> received: 550 5.7.1 Relaying not allowed: oscar valdez example-domain2 com
> sending : QUIT
> received: 221 2.3.0 Bye received. Goodbye.
> 
> After getting the response to the first EHLO, Evolution authenticates
> succesfully, then sends a second EHLO, after which it doesn't authenticate, and
> the messages get bounced.
> 
> Any clues on how to solve this will be greatly appreciated.

it seems that your SMTP server mis-implements the SMTP AUTH extension.
According to the specification, after a client successfully
authenticates, it MUST re-EHLO if it plans to use any of the extensions
(which we do).

You should complain to your ISP to get their software fixed.

your other option is to edit the source code to evolution itself and
customise it for your specific (broken) server.

the source code you'll want to change is in
evolution/camel/providers/smtp/camel-smtp-transport.c in the
connect_to_server() function if I recall correctly.

Jeff