RE: Re: Authenticated SMTP using CYRUS SASL and MD5 crypted password on MySQL

["Rocco Scappatura" <Rocco.Scappatura@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've no idea what that is, is it the weird format starting 
> with $apr1$ or $1$ ?  With AUTH PLAIN <off topic="sasl"> and 
> AUTH LOGIN </off> you get or send passwords as plain text, as 
> the name says.
> 

OK. Then, is the any way to tell to CYRUS that the password are stored
on a table of a MySQL DB in MD5 format (Base64)?

> > AUTH PLAIN AGRlYnVnAGRlYnVn
> > 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure
> 
> The server isn't supposed to offer PLAIN outside of TLS, and 
> if it offers PLAIN anyway the client isn't supposed to use it.  
> 
> <off topic="sasl"> Try AUTH LOGIN </off>, see also 
> <http://www.technoids.org/saslmech.html>.  If that also fails 
> the issue might be your "MD5 format" (?)
> 
> Maybe test the part after the third "$" instead of "debug" 
> for the $apr1$whatever$wannabecrypt format.
> 
>  Frank
> 
>