[Nmh-workers] nmh 1.2 failed in doing smtp authentication

[Zhang Weiwu]

Dear all

I am a new nmh user. I configured mts: smtp and configured SMTP server
hostname. I compiled nmh 1.2 myself with sasl support. My sasl is
cyrus-sasl 2.1.22-r2. OS is Gentoo Linux.

When sending emails, I got the following:

address@hidden:/usr/local/nmh$ send -verbose -watch -sasl
Use "/home/zhangweiwu//Mail/drafts/2"? y
 -- Posting for All Recipients --
post: problem initializing server; [BHST] SASL base64 decode failed: another 
step is needed in authentication
send: message not delivered to anyone


I am confused and don't know how to handle this case. Would you provide
some info/hints how can I further solve / diagnose the problem?

By the way I think my password is not incorrectly configured because I
am have not even yet to enter my password.

Here is the whole SMTP conversation (tracked by using ngrep).

T 10.1.77.22:53289 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
  EHLO localhost..                                                              
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T 216.170.248.235:25 -> 10.1.77.22:53289 [AP]
  250-vfemail.net..250-STARTTLS..250-PIPELINING..250-8BITMIME..250-SIZE 0..250 A
  UTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5..{2S$                                                
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T 10.1.77.22:53289 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
  AUTH LOGIN..                                                                  
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T 216.170.248.235:25 -> 10.1.77.22:53289 [AP]
  334 VXNlcm5hbWU6..~_..                                                        
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T 10.1.77.22:53289 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
  *..                                                                           
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T 216.170.248.235:25 -> 10.1.77.22:53289 [AP]
  501 auth exchange canceled (#5.0.0)...C..                                     
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T 10.1.77.22:53289 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
  RSET..                                                                        
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T 216.170.248.235:25 -> 10.1.77.22:53289 [AP]
  250 flushed..P.I`                                                             
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T 10.1.77.22:53289 -> 216.170.248.235:25 [AP]
  QUIT..                                                                        
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