From: Victor Duchovni on
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 09:51:59AM -0600, Wilberth P?rez wrote:

> When I configure smtp server from my mail client (thunderbird)
>
>
> with user name login and secure STARTTLS , if i try to send a message the
> following error message appers:
>
>
> "An error occurred while sending mail: unable to log on to the SMTP server
> mailer.uady.mx. The server does not accept any mechanism for identifying
> safe, but you have chosen to secure identification. Try switching to
> non-secure identification or contact your service provider."
>
> however if i disable "use identifying safe" can send messages without any
> problem

Your server does not support any authentication mechanisms that are
replay-proof, e.g. (CRAM-MD5 or GSSAPI). Rather it only supports login
via a username/password.

> how i can use both, login identification (AUTH) plus identify safe
> (STARTTLS) ?

TLS is not related to this. Secure authentication is about SASL mechanisms
not TLS. You can use PLAIN and LOGIN inside SSL.

--
Viktor.

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