On Oct 17, 2013, at 3:31 AM, Andreas Meyer <anme...@anup.de> wrote:

> Warren Baker <war...@decoy.co.za> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Andreas Meyer <anme...@anup.de> wrote:
>>> I thougt if I set "Notification E-Mail auth username (optional)"
>>> with the password, some kind of SASl is used. If I set it, the log says:
>>> 
>>> php: /system_advanced_notifications.php: Could not send the message
>>> to i...@anup.de -- Error: server does not require authentication
>> 
>> This means the smtp server does not advertise SMTP AUTH. The smtp
>> connection tests for this smtp extension and if it does not find AUTH
>> it returns that error.
>> That smtp username and password is then used in one of the supported
>> authentication methods (eg login, plain, cram-md5 etc.). Its not for
>> SASL.
>> 
>> You can double check the server by doing a telnet to the port (25 or
>> 587) and sending EHLO fqdn and see what smtp extensions are supported.
> 
> allright, I guess the
> 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
> 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
> was not offered because of the smtpd_enforce_tls=yes and the MTA
> awaited a starttls first. I'll check that again.

You can test after starttls with:

openssl s_client -connect fqdn:25 -starttls smtp

Then EHLO somefqdn
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