Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh 1.2 failed in doing smtp authentication

[Zhang Weiwu]

Hi. When can this be solved?

I cannot wait for the new version because I need to send emails, so a
quick hack:

    /*
     * Initialize the callback contexts
     */

    user = "address@hidden";
    /*
    if (user == NULL)
        user = getusername();
    */

Solves the problem instantly.

Know this is ugly but at least provided you with the information that
nothing else is wrong, only here, to get the correct username.

I also resetted my password:)

Peter Maydell wrote:
> Zhang Weiwu wrote:
>   
>> After I used the patch, I hit another different problem.
>>
>> address@hidden:~$ send -sasl -watch -verbose
>> T 10.1.77.22:51859 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
>>  AUTH LOGIN..                                                               
>> #
>> T 216.170.248.235:25 -> 10.1.77.22:51859 [AP]
>>  334 VXNlcm5hbWU6....*9                                                     
>> #
>> T 10.1.77.22:51859 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
>>  emhhbmd3ZWl3dQ==..                                                         
>> #
>>     
>
> If you base64 decode this you'll see that the user name that nmh is
> sending is "zhangweiwu". So it's not paying attention to the login
> specified in the .netrc, only to the password. I just checked in a
> fix for a problem which I think matches this one. Can I get you to
> try building the head of CVS version of nmh to test this, please?
> You can check it out with this command:
>  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/nmh co nmh
>
> Once you've done that you'll need to run:
>  autoheader
>  autoconf
>  date > stamp-h.in
>
> and then you should be able to configure and make as usual.
>
>   
>> First one may wonder if I have used wrong password. No, my password is
>> 100% correct! Tested by various means. I can even just give you my
>> password so you can test (later I will change it back to my normal
>> password. My .netrc is:
>>
>> machine mail.vfemail.net login address@hidden password .J4TUp8v
>>     
>
> You should note that the username and password are included in the network
> transcripts you've been giving. Although they're base64 encoded so it's
> not immediately obvious, anybody could trivially base64-decode them. So
> you should be as careful about them as you would be with the password
> itself.
>
>   
>> Interesting information: I can no longer receive my emails!
>>
>> address@hidden:~$ /usr/local/nmh/bin/inc
>> inc: -ERR authorization failed
>> address@hidden:~$ /usr/bin/inc
>> Incorporating new mail into inbox...
>>
>> 232+ 04/29 Zhang Weiwu        test account<<is for you. -- Real
>> Softservice Hu
>>     
>
> I'm not sure what's happening here. The output of 'inc -snoop' for
> the working and non-working versions of inc might be informative.
>
> -- PMM
>   


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