Thanks Scott. Sorry I didn't understand that the scripts were for SMTP on MS Exchange only. I know my ISP is not using Exchange servers, so do you think the scripts should still work, or is there another way to pass username/password to non Exchange SMTP servers?
Thanks for the help. Stuart > ------------Original Message------------ > From: "Jones, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, Apr-29-2004 1:51 AM > Subject: [REBOL] Re: SMTP Authentication > > > Hi, Stuart, > > > My SMTP server requires authentication with a username and > > password before allowing mail to be sent. > > > > I found esend.r and esmtp.r, installed those, ran them > > individually as in the instructions and then tries to use > > esend to send a mail. > > > > It ran without an error, but never popped up anuthing to > > ask me for a username and password to authenticate with. > > > >Anyone know what the problem is? > > I wrote those patches several years ago. I'm surprised that it ran without error, > because more recent REBOLs less aggressively reduce certain information. > > With the newer versions of REBOL, I have successfully used this newer patch with MS > Exchange server(watch for line wrap): > > system/schemes/smtp/handler/open-check: [none "220" ["EHLO" system/network/host] > "250" "AUTH LOGIN" "334" [port/user] "334" [port/pass] "235"] > > Then, I would throw the following view script in front of any script that used > Exchange email. Note that the script encodes the username and password in base 64, > which is required by MS Exchange Server. You may of course replace "MSusername" with > the default that you would like presented. Hitting return key advances the field > and does final entry. > > view lo: layout [ > text "username" > f: field "MSusername" [ > system/schemes/smtp/user: copy enbase/base value 64 > ] > text "password" > field hide [ > system/schemes/smtp/pass: copy enbase/base value 64 > unview/all > ] > do [focus f] > ] > > Then, you should be able to use the regular REBOL send command for email. > > Without knowing which email smtp server to which you are connecting, it is > impossible to know how to encode the authentication information. I would try this > method first, especially if it is an MS Exchange server. If it does not work, next > try the: > trace/net on > command and then send a test email and capture the output. Generally, right before > the authentication is sent the server indicates what form of authentication and > encoding may be required. Obscuring any sensitive information, you can report that > back here, and I or someone may be able to direct you how to change the patch. If > that fails to capture the information, there is yet another way to figure this out > that I can explain more fully. > > Best wishes > > --Scott Jones > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
