[Setup] Re: Still can't get past email errors

Reinout van Rees reinout at vanrees.org
Wed Jun 6 14:06:57 UTC 2007


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

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