I am the sysadmin. The authentication on that email server is set to "Login" and never uses SSL or port 443. As I took my time (again) and considered every possibility, I changed the authentication method on the email server to CRAM-MD5 - challenge-response. And it worked. Then I toggled the TLS on/off in the ZMI Mailhost pref and it works in both cases. Hmm... Mike.
Reinout van Rees wrote: > > Mike Inglis wrote: > >> Jun 6 00:06:33 moderndesktop postfix/smtpd[5162]: connect from >> unknown[206.248.146.233] >> Jun 6 00:06:35 moderndesktop postfix/smtpd[5162]: lost connection after >> AUTH from unknown[206.248.146.233] >> Jun 6 00:06:35 moderndesktop postfix/smtpd[5162]: disconnect from >> unknown[206.248.146.233] >> >> I learned that UGFzc3dvcmQ6 is Base64 for AUTH (?). Not sure what I can >> do >> with that bit of info :-) >> Is Python doing the email? What else would you try? > > AUTH... Perhaps the mailserver only accepts secure/encrypted > connections (the smtp equivalent of https) and wants you to authenticate > or so? Can you ask your sysadmin? > > Reinout > > -- > Reinout van Rees - Programmer at http://zestsoftware.nl/ > http://vanrees.org/weblog/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "White space, the opposite of black hole?" -- Joris slob > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Still-can%27t-get-past-email-errors-tf3875771s15482.html#a10994828 Sent from the Installation & Setup mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
