nail with smtp

The_Spider · 08-01-2007, 08:33 AM

Hi,

Simple question, im sure the answer is very obvious, so:

I have set up a simple .mailrc file, now i wish to send an email from the command line (its part of an automated task). So i simply use something akin to the following (email names have been changed to protect the innocent

)

nail -A accountname -s "AUTOTASK" target@email.com < task_msg

however, i get:

smtp-server: 535 #5.7.0 Authentication failed back.

I can send emails using telnet, and the verbose output from nail is something like

Code:

Resolving host mail.isp.com . . . done.
Connecting to 1.2.3.4 . . . connected.
220-mail.isp.com ESMTP
220 ESMTP; hostname [IP ADDRESS] funny comment
>>> EHLO linuxbox
250-mail.isp.com
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 33554432
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250 AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
>>> AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
>>> ZGhkYm94
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
>>> Y2xud2V5ZmE=

why did it not reply to the AUTH LOGIN with my username?

how can i fix it?

mailrc file:

Code:

account accountname {
set from=accountname@isp.com
set smtp=smtp://mail.isp.com
set smtp-auth-user=accountname
set smtp-auth-password=not_my_real_pass
}

Thanks.

ramram29 · 08-01-2007, 09:21 AM

I use mutt and cyrus-imap. In my ~/.mutt/muttrc file I have:

set folder="{localhost}"
set spoolfile="{localhost}INBOX"
set imap_user="user@example.com"
set move=no
set sort=reverse-date-sent

Also I configured postfix to relay any messages coming from the localhost where it is running; that way I can send email messages with one-line commands, even remotely while using putty/ssh or via cron jobs. Any other relays coming from other computers need to authenticate. However, you can also create firewall rules and postfix rules to allow external networks to relay.

Berhanie · 08-01-2007, 07:17 PM

Quote:

why did it not reply to the AUTH LOGIN with my username?

It replied with username "dhdbox" and password "clnweyfa". Perhaps you didn't use the correct ones?

Code:

$ echo ZGhkYm94 | openssl enc -base64 -d
dhdbox$