Re: Balsa 2.5.6-1:Cannot initialize GSS security context

[JohnJackDoe tele2 de]

Hi Albrecht,

My /old/ machine is running Xubuntu 16.04 LTS. According to your  
instructions some time ago I build Balsa from GIT succesfully as  
follows:
Bauen (der configure-Aufruf ist das, was ich verwende, bitte wie  
gewünscht anpassen, was aber ggf. weitere dev-Pakete benötigt):
cd balsa
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-gpgme --with-gpg-app=/usr/bin/gpg2 --with-html-  
widget=webkit2 --with-spell-checker=gtkspell --with-rubrica=yes  
--with-libnotify --with-canberra --enable-smime --with-gtksourceview --  
without-gnome --with-gcr=yes --with-compface
make
sudo make install

I don't want to sound cheeky but the /old/ GIT version was running  
perfectly. So I assume that the code was and still is OK.

My /new/ machine is running Debian Stretch. I installed the package  
2.5.6-1 from the Buster reposotory. I have no idea what compiler optins  
were used by the maintainer.

I use Balsa, beside POP which is working, with an IMAP account at a  
Microsoft server. To the IMAP account I authenticate with username and  
password over SSL. To the SMTP account I authenticate with username  
only over TLS.

I hope that this answers your questions.

Best regards,

John Jack Doe

On 17 Dec 2018 12:10:49, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> Hi John Jack Doe:
>
> Am 15.12.18 13:15 schrieb(en) JohnJackDoe tele2 de:
> > I am using balsa git version 2.5.3a-144-g8d6ac09 on my old 32 bit  
> > machine and it works perfectly with the Microsoft server. As a  
> > temporary workaround I compose emails for the business account of my  
> > employer on my new 64 bit machine, and copy the mail file to my 32  
> > bit old machine for sending.
>
> Just to clarify the place where I should start digging: on your /old/  
> machine, do you authenticate to the SMTP server using
> (a) GSS = Kerberos, i.e. you have to say (in a terminal) something  
> like “kinit <username>” before opening Balsa, and (again in a  
> terminal) “klist” reports a valid ticket?  Or
> (b) did you build Balsa yourself, presumably without GSS support, and  
> you authenticate with username and password?
>
> If (b) is your config on the old machine, the quick fix would be  
> building the latest GIT version on your new box, but *without* GSS  
> support (add “--with-gss=no” to the configure options).  I will  
> provide a fix asap which falls back from gss to username + password  
> auth if the former fails.
>
> Best,
> Albrecht.