Bug 69504

Summary: always uses smtp auth even when not required
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm>
Component: sendingAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoern
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.5.93   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Arkadiusz Miskiewicz 2003-12-02 15:31:38 UTC 
Version:           1.5.93 (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.3.2 
OS:          Linux

When I have account with ,,requires auth'' marked but server doesn't advertise SMTP AUTH then kmail tries to auth anyway even if in such case it doesn't have to. My Exim returns error ,,AUTH command used when not advertised''.

IMO in such case kmail shouldn't sent AUTH even if it's specified in account properties because smtp server doesn't announce that is supports authorization.
Comment 1 Greg Sullivan 2004-02-09 15:39:59 UTC 
Our IMAP server requires (and advertises) AUTH when connected to from 
outside the local domain. From within the local domain, AUTH is not 
required, and not advertised. Kmail should not attempt authentication when 
the server does not advertise AUTH. As it is, I need to manually turn on 
and off the 'requires authentication' box for the smtp server when I boot my laptop at work or at home (i.e. at least twice a day). 

In pre-3.2 kmail, this worked fine - When the 'requires authorization' box 
was checked for the IMAP server, authentification was only used when the 
server advertised it.
Comment 2 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-18 23:17:43 UTC 
Can you recheck this with a newer kmail release?