Hello Stuart,
On Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 6:27:55 PM you wrote in
msgid:5.1.0.14.2.20020214121359.009fa530@pop (at least in part):
SB> My ISP, rogers.com, when they took over from @home, implemented an SMTP
SB> authenticated server, which even their tech support people don't know what
SB> type of authentication is actually used.
Plain-Text LOGIN-authentication.
SB> A log of an exchange with Eudora, which works quite happily, btw, produces
SB> the following login exchange ...
SB> Rcvd: "250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n"
Seems the server supports _only_ Plain-Text authentication!
No CRAM, nor CRAM-MD5
[...]
SB> Sent: "AUTH LOGIN\r\n"
SB> Rcvd: "334 VXNlcm5hbWU6\r\n"
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the string "Username:" Base64 encoded, nothing more :-)
SB> Sent: "c2J<snip about 20 chars>jb20=\r\n"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is your Username sent by Eudora, Base64-encoded too.
SB> Rcvd: "334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6\r\n"
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the string "Password:" Base64-encoded.
SB> Sent: "dm<snip about 10 chars>cg==\r\n"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is your password, and gee .. it's Base64-encoded too :-)
SB> Snipped chars appear like encrypted random chars.
Hope my explanation cleared it ain't 'encrypted' :-)
Only 'encoded' :-)
SB> Now, I've assumed this to be a CRAM MD-5 authentication.
No ... it _is_ plain text ...
SB> but I cannot get The Bat! to authenticate.
Activate only 'Perform SMTP Authentication (RFC 2554)',
_NOT_ 'Require secure (MD5) authentication'
and it should work.
If not: could you please send a network dump as made for the 'Eudora'
communication for 'The Bat!' too, so we might see what actions
_exactly_ are taken and which not.
--
Regards
Peter Palmreuther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(The Bat! v1.54 Beta/39 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2)
<*singing*> I hate you. Where's a tree? Let's all go and hang Barney!
--
________________________________________________________
Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com
Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Latest Vers: 1.53d
FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
