[SLL] ssmtp.conf for Qwestoffice.net

[Paul A. Franz, P.E.]

On Wed, September 17, 2008 7:47 am, Charles Hewson wrote:

>   I am attempting to configure ssmtp to put log extracts from box at npo
> onto qwestoffice for non-tech user. They do check email on win machine
> daily but, "forget" to log into debian box user account.
>
>   I get following error in testing;
>
> root at npo /etc/ssmtp # echo test |mail -s "test ssmtp" cahewson at eskimo.com
> send-mail: Cannot open 465:465
> Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1

Have you checked the SASL password data base for dups or missing entries? It is
possible to introduce duplicates. Do something like this:

# sasldblistusers | grep paul
user: paul realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: PLAIN
user: paul realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: CRAM-MD5
user: paul realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: DIGEST-MD5

The entries aren't sorted in the database so listing all entries for a given user as
above will tell you if the auth method has a password and that there is only one entry
for a given password.

Checking my own system with

# sasldblistusers | sort

I found an example of multiple entries. This is, in fact blocking his ability to send
mail through my mail server.

user: splasher realm: beaker.eucleides.com mech: CRAM-MD5
user: splasher realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: CRAM-MD5
user: splasher realm: beaker.eucleides.com mech: DIGEST-MD5
user: splasher realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: DIGEST-MD5
user: splasher realm: beaker.eucleides.com mech: PLAIN
user: splasher realm: Beaker.eucleides.com mech: PLAIN

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Paul A. Franz, P.E.
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