MIT network question: desktop linux, day three

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

Dan Barrett <nullpointer at pobox.com> writes:

> I had her check the "server requires authentication" box and input her 
> credentials.  We were rewarded with another KMail error, saying that "server 
> does not support plaintext method."
> When I hit the 'check what server supports' box, it didn't show us any of the 
> authentication methods (not even plaintext).
>
> BTW, all this is from on campus -- we haven't even tried the setup from home 
> yet.

Make sure you're using SMTPS (SMTP + SSL) to outgoing.

I know that outgoing supports SMTPS+AUTH=GSSAPI (krb5)..  But you have
to use the smtps port, not the smtp port.  The smtp port does NOT support
any authentication methods.

-derek

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