Hi Johannes,

> Mhh. It seems I don't get something I'd like to understant :) If both
> the server and the client support a stronger AUTH mechanism, and your
> AV tool is hooked into the TCP/IP-Stream, opposed to being a
> "server"/listening on it's own port, then why would this clash? MD5 is
> only used for the preliminary authentication, enabling a relay.

It is due to a "design feature" in MailScan that has been already
addressed by developers and will be fixed soon. It only happens when
sending "large" attachments. It looks like (more or less) MailScan
thinks it is going to take too long to scan the attachment for
viruses, so it "grabs" the message and the attachment to allow the
connection between TB and Mercury to close. Then it passes the
attachment to the virus scanner and, if safe, it will have to open a
new connection with the server (Mercury) to actually send the message
and the attachment. Here is where MD% authentication fails and the
message is not sent at all.

However, if I could "force" TB to use simple authentication, it would
not fail. If, for example, I use Outlook Express to send the same
attachment it goes through with no problem because OE only uses simple
authentication

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Best regards,

Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain)
Using The Bat! v1.53d

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