[Info-vax] SMTP AUTH ?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Rich Jordan wrote 2011-11-07 19:01:
> On Nov 7, 8:31 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
> wrote:
>> HI.
>>
>> My in-office VMS system have had my ISP's mail server as
>> smtp "Alternate Gateway" for some time. Has worked well.
>>
>> Now, sine last week, this has stopped working. I now get :
>>
>> ---- Transcript of session follows ----
>>
>> 550 RCPT TO:<..>  Relaying not allowed - please use SMTP AUTH
>>
>> Now, as far as I can see there is no way to get the smtp
>> sender in TCP/Services to use SMTP AUTH, right ?
>>
>> I have some other options I will investigate (such as using
>> the smtp tools in the Python port), but though I'd ask others
>> here about it.
>>
>> I do not know if one need to run full TLS encryption on port
>> 465, or if it enough to use the AUTH option on port 25.
>>
>> Jan-Erik.
>
> Non-commercial?  You could consider the hobbyist PMDF from Process, or
> else the Community Edition Communigate Pro.  The latter is, as far as
> I can tell, not being upgraded for VMS any more (they won't confirm or
> deny) but it works well and has the capability to handle SMTP-AUTH.
> The older CGPro won't work cleanly for anything fancy (calendaring/
> scheduling) in Android/IOS mobiles but basic email functionality will
> be fine.
>
>

Yes, I thought a bit about mail packages like those.

But using the smtp tools in the (already installed) Python
port doesn't need any new product installes. And as I found
out, they was quite easy to use. But we'll see what
happens.