[Bug 369735] [NEW] sendEmail with tls fails to authenticate on some servers (ie. postfix)

[Laurent Monin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: sendemail

When using sendEmail -o tls=auto to connect to a postfix server, it may fails if username and password are very long:
base64_encode() wraps lines using CRLF but postfix AUTH PLAIN is waiting for unwrapped lines. 


Postfix outputs an error message like:
ERROR => Received: 	535 5.7.0 Error: authentication failed: bad protocol / cancel


This issue was reported to sendEmail maintainer on 2008/10/14, though no new release including the fix was made for now.
Here is a patch that fixes this issue.

** Affects: sendemail (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: authentification postfix sendemail ssl tls

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sendEmail with tls fails to authenticate on some servers (ie. postfix)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369735
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