Problem Sending Mail with Inbox

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Is it possible that your Username/Password for the SMTP server is not the
same as the Username/Password for the POP3? The PPC doesn't know how to
handle this situation....

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Helio Diamant - MS/MVP Mobile Devices
http://www.pocketpcfreak.com


"Johan Parin" <johan.parin@abc.se> wrote in message
news:84hdq37ut6.fsf@johanspc.jparin.org...
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to use an SMTP server which requires authorization and TLS
> to relay mail. The server is running on one of my Linux boxes, so I
> have full control. The problem is, Inbox refuses to use EHLO and AUTH
> LOGIN after STARTTLS. In the account setup I have checked "Outgoing
> e-mail server requires authentication" and "Require SSL
> connection". By running a network sniffer I have been able to dump the
> SMTP traffic and it looks like this:
>
> 220 <my server> ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Sun, 12 Sep 2004 09:48:57 +0200
> EHLO Inbox
> 250-<my server> Hello Inbox [217.213.128.30]
> 250-SIZE
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 HELP
> STARTTLS
> 220 OpenSSL/0.9.6beta go ahead
> --- ENCRYPTED DATA START ---
> MAIL FROM:
> <my email addr>
> 250 <my email addr> is syntactically correct
> RCPT TO:
> <some other email addr>
> 550 relaying to <some other email addr> prohibited by administrator
> QUIT
> 221 <my server> closing connection
> --- ENCRYPTED DATA END ---
>
> The problem here is that after STARTTLS there should come another EHLO
> so that Inbox sees that "AUTH LOGIN" is available, instead of just
> going ahead with "MAIL FROM".
>
> The same thing works fine from Outlook on my desktop. It looks like
> this:
>
> 220 <my server> ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:12:57 +0200
> EHLO johanspc
> 250-<my server> Hello johanspc [192.168.1.2]
> 250-SIZE
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 HELP
> STARTTLS
> 220 OpenSSL/0.9.6beta go ahead
> --- ENCRYPTED DATA START ---
> EHLO johanspc
> 250-<my server> Hello johanspc [192.168.1.2]
> 250-SIZE
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-AUTH LOGIN
> 250 HELP
> AUTH LOGIN
> 334 <some base64 data>
> <some base64 data>
> 334 <some base64 data>
> <some base64 data>
> 235 Authentication succeeded
> MAIL FROM: <my email addr>
> 250 <my email addr> is syntactically correct
> RCPT TO: <some other email addr>
> 250 <some other email addr> verified
> DATA
> 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
>
> etc.
>
> --- ENCRYPTED DATA END ---
>
>
> So it works with desktop Outlook, but not with PPC Inbox. Any idea
> what the problem could be here?
>
>
> Johan