[DUG] TIdSMTP and XTRA Secure Remote Email

[Alister Christie]

Xtra is just evil in my opinion.  I've had lots of problems sending bulk 
emails - they have spam rules in place but won't let on as to what they 
are, lest the real spammers find out and work around them.

Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
http://www.salespartner.co.nz
PO Box 13085
Johnsonville
Wellington 



John Davys wrote:
>
> I use XTRA's Secure Remote Email service and am trying to use an Indy 
> TIdSMTP component (BDS2006, Indy 10.1.5) to send an email message via 
> XTRA's smtp server. This server (smtpr.xtra.co.nz) requires user 
> authentication and SSL to send through it.
>
> I can send messages to myself or my colleagues who also have xtra 
> mailboxes, but if I try to send to a non-XTRA mailbox I get an 
> EIdSMTPReplyError exception, with code 550 reported i.e. "Requested 
> action not taken: mailbox unavailable", so I guess XTRA has tightened 
> up its security and is now assuming I am a spammer and is blocking me 
> since this used to work fine.
>
> Has anyone managed to work out the combinations of properties for a 
> TIdSMTP & associated TIdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL component (since the 
> Secure Remote service requires SSL) and TIdMessage that will work with 
> XTRA?
>
> I've tried pretending to be Outlook 2003 (my normal mail client) by 
> setting TIdSMTP.MailAgent to "Microsoft Office Outlook 11" etc which 
> didn't work (this sets the X-Mailer header). Other settings I'm using 
> with TIdSMTP:
>
> AuthType = atDefault
> Host = smtpr.xtra.co.nz
> Port = 465
> UseEhlo = true
>
> Plus my Username and Password of course.
>
> Regards
> John
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> John Davys, Senior Consultant, Database Systems
> Rezare Systems Limited
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