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Subject: Re: qmail and SMTP AUTH ( mx0.gmx.net[213.165.64.100] )
From: Lutz Jaenicke (Lutz.Jaenickeaet.TU-Cottbus.DE)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 09:35:17 CST

On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:20:12AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> Here something our system recorded this night;
> background: gmx patched their qmail to finally master the intricacies of
> SMTP AUTH. This happened when one of our Postfixes tried to send mail there:
>
> --- snip ---
>
> Unexpected response from mx0.gmx.net[213.165.64.100].
>
> Transcript of session follows.
>
> In: 220 GMX Mailservices ESMTP
> Out: EHLO neptun.mixx.net
> In: 250-GMX Mailservices
> In: 250-AUTH=LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
> In: 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
> In: 250-PIPELINING
> In: 250 8BITMIME
> Out: MAIL FROM:<somelocaldressneptun.mixx.net>
> Out: RCPT TO:<somegmxaddressgmx.de>
> Out: DATA
> In: 354 go ahead
>
> --- snap ---
>
> Obviously Postfix didn't expect a "354 go ahead" as answer to "DATA".

Does this happen every time?
I have just tried sending an email to an gmx-adress and it did work flawlessly.
I have also tcpdump'ed the session, just in case and could not see any
problem.... peer was mx0.gmx.net

Best regards,
        Lutz 

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