Re: [Pan-users] SMTP Authentication

[Duncan]

On Thursday 31 October 2002 05:35, Alexandros Droseltis wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I am a new user of gnPan (0.11.2) and very excited with its features. I
> have only one problem: I can't post any article. My SMTP server requires
> authentication, and I have found no input field to enter my username and
> password for the Mail Server. When I try to post a message I get in the log
> viewer the message:
>
> Got unexpected response from mail server: expected 250; got 553
> Authentication is required to send mail as <address@hidden>

I don't believe SMTP with authentication has yet been sufficiently 
standardized for most apps to include that functionality, yet.  However, most 
ISPs impliment a work around, such that if you check mail in (POP your mail), 
you should be authenticated to post from that IP, for a matter of 10-30 
minutes.  Alternatively, you may have to cut/paste into your mailer.  
Finally, depending on the authent mechanism, you may be able to establish an 
SSL or SSH type connection, and tunnel the SMTP transaction thru it.  I've 
seen mention of this, but I really haven't the foggiest as to how it is done, 
manually, at this point, only that it apparently can be, due to the mentions 
I've seen.

-- 
Duncan
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