Created attachment 234933 [details] Screenshot: Thunderbird preferences Thunderbird 91.10.0_1 on FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT responds: > Sending of the message failed. > > The Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.freebsd.org does not support the selected > authentication method. Please change the 'Authentication method' in > 'Account Settings | Outgoing Server (SMTP)'. In line with <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#smtp-setup>, Thunderbird is configured as shown in the attached screenshot. I tried smtp.FreeBSD.org instead of smtp.freebsd.org, no difference.
I'm not a thunderbird user, however, Kerberos/GSSAPI would not be the correct authentication mechanism.
(In reply to Ryan Steinmetz from comment #1) Thanks for the hint. So, with regard to step 4: > For authentication, you can use your FreeBSD Kerberos username and password … * it's not appropriate to use Kerberos / GSSAPI * instead, choose the 'Normal password' method of authentication.
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#kerberos-ldap> suggests: ssh kpasswd.freebsd.org – this routine generates two things: * a password * a mail password. Confusingly: * the password works with Thunderbird. * the mail password does not.
For authentication, you can use your FreeBSD Kerberos username and password (see Kerberos and LDAP web Password for FreeBSD Cluster). The yourusername/mail principal is preferred, as it is only valid for authenticating to mail resources. Separate users for the two separate passwords.
Created attachment 235117 [details] Clarify smtp.FreeBSD.org instructions in the Committers Guide The documentation is a little rough. Does this patch make things clearer? Incidentally, I'd appreciate help with the formatting. While I've got a doc commit bit, I don't actually have any idea what I'm doing. :-)
I'm gonna upgrade the patch to use the one sentence per line format and for me it's ok. @Graham this new patch clarify the process?
^Triage: to carlavilla@; did some patch based on this ever get committed?