The Silent Woman

[Jim Kuzdrall]

> Thomas--
>   The SMTP server is requiring authentication.  When you configure the
> email client, is there options for 'SMTP Authentication'?

    Yes, it is an mv account and it has been working for years.  I 
double-checked the password.  I asked "do not save password" so it 
would ask.  Which it did; right after that, the error message pops up.

> Mark--
> That means that saslauthd is not installed or at least not running.

> Is the local system the SMTP server, or are you using a remote system 
> for that?

    I just activated enabled saslauthd for levels 3 and 5, then started 
it.  No change.  I had tried that before.

    This is a dial-up connection to mv.

> Neil--
> You're not looking at an OS, program, or connectivity problem at
> all.  This is the message from the remote mail server telling you
> exactly what's wrong.

    I don't seem to be getting as far as the isp based on watching the 
red/blue activity on the dialup monitor.

    I am beginning to conclude that this might not be something 
rational.  There may be a damaged binary in there.  (I have done the 
SuSE "repair" from the installation CD several times.  Nothing found.)

    If I were to remove some packages and reinstall them, what ones 
would be the best candidates? 


> Jarod Wilson--
> One of the many reasons my own mail server has port 10025 redirect to
> port 25, and my laptops are set up to always use 10025.

   This one is using port 25, but this computer is working on the same 
SMTP server - but not the same account.  Let me try switching that 
computer to the account I am using here.

   No.  Same error using this SMTP account.

* * * * * *

   It is beginning to look to me like a binary flaw in one of the 
executables.  I can takes some rpms out then reinstall them at level 3, 
rather than starting a complete reinstall.

   Any suggests as to which packages are involved?

Jim Kuzdrall