E-Mail to MMS - SMTP authentication error

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Petr
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 05:35 pm:   

I have problem with E-mail to MMS gateway. Sending MMS from e-mail to MMSC users works good, but problem is with sending MMS to phonenumber@mms.domain.com (bulk MMS). I set parameter Require AUTH in MMSC configuration dialog, user (Test) is configured in SMS users and MMSC users too, but server still returns error:

16:50:57:028 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: Processing SMTP connection from 81.30.228.92...
16:50:57:038 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 220 SMTP Ready
16:50:57:048 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: NOOP
16:50:57:048 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 250 Ok, thanks for wasting my time.
16:50:57:048 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: HELO pk
16:50:57:048 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 250 Ok
16:50:57:058 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: MAIL FROM: <test@mms.domain.com>
16:50:57:058 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 550 Sender not authorised, authentication required
16:50:57:058 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: QUIT
16:50:57:058 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 221 Goodbye
16:50:57:068 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: Closing SMTP Connection

This mail was sent from Outlook 6.0 (SMTP authentication configured) to address phonenumber@mms.domain.com from mail address test@mms.domain.com. Mail with another From address (another domain) gives another error:

18:21:09:016 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: Processing SMTP connection from 81.30.228.92...
18:21:09:016 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 220 SMTP Ready
18:21:09:026 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: NOOP
18:21:09:026 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 250 Ok, thanks for wasting my time.
18:21:09:026 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: HELO pk
18:21:09:026 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 250 Ok
18:21:09:036 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: MAIL FROM: <anyone@another.com>
18:21:09:036 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 250 Ok
18:21:09:036 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: RCPT TO: <483565336@mms.domain.com>
18:21:09:046 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 550 Recipient unknown or not local
18:21:09:046 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: QUIT
18:21:09:046 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: 221 Goodbye
18:21:09:046 [6] ThreadProcessConnectionSMTP: Closing SMTP Connection

Any suggestion? Thanks.
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 06:16 pm:   

Hi Petr,

It doesn't look like SMTP authentication was enabled on your connection from Outlook.

I don't use Outlook 6 ... I use Outlook Express 6, and when I use it, it definitely issues the AUTH command, which is not issued in your example.

I can offer 2 different suggestions on how to get around this ...

1.) If you are not concerned about associating this activity with a particular account defined to NowSMS, then you can use the following parameter under the [MMSC] header in MMSC.INI:

SMTPIPAddressList=81.30.228.92

This setting tells the MMSC to accept SMTP messages from the listed IP address without requiring authentication. You can list multiple addresses here (comma delimited, no spaces), and you can also use a wildcard to specify an entire address range (e.g., 81.30.228.*).

2.) Instead of using an "SMS Users" account, define an "MMSC VASP" account. Specify the IP address as the account name, and allow MM4 connections from the account. (A regular SMTP format message over this MM4 link is just fine.)
Petr
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 09:18 am:   

Solved!
Problem with authentication caused router (thank you CISCO ). It doesn't support smtp EHLO command correctly in firewall.

ad 2/ MMSC VASP is good tip, but is provisioning MMSC VASP Accounts via HTTP possible (ss MMSC user accounts)?
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 02:50 pm:   


quote:

ad 2/ MMSC VASP is good tip, but is provisioning MMSC VASP Accounts via HTTP possible (ss MMSC user accounts)?




Not yet. It's on our list for future enhancements.