in reply to SMTP e-mail 530 authenication problem

Does any wiser Monk that I know what should be done to cure this issue?

Authenticate. 

$smtp->auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD );

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Re^2: SMTP e-mail 530 authenication problem
by merrymonk (Hermit) on Jun 19, 2009 at 12:31 UTC
    I tried using ->auth but so far just a return of zero.
    For the name and password arguments I wrote both in 'clear' text.
    Passwords always seem to be shown as *. Is there something I should do so that this is how the password is seen in the Perl code?
    I am sure both are correct since I verified them using the Accounts functions for my e-mail.
    For SMPT modules I have just called use Net::SMTP;
    Is there anything else I must have before this will work?
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      Passwords always seem to be shown as *.

      They should always be shown as *.

      Is there anything else I must have before this will work?

      For start, show/examine debug output, it should say why auth failed.

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        I understand the comment about * and passwords but how do I type the password in and get *'s. I have looked
        in my Perl books but cannto see a way of doing this
        I have also looked in the SMTP.pm module and found that auth
        required the Authen:SASL module.
        I downloaded and stored VERSION = "2.12"
        I got further but then found the next error of
        Cannot find a SASL Connection library at .../SMTP.pm line 145
        This line and the ones either side are
            # currently know and SASL mechanisms that are used by smtp that ne
+ed it
    my $client = $sasl->client_new('smtp',${*$self}{'net_smtp_host'},0
+);
    my $str    = $client->client_start;

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        Any idea where to go next?
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