confirming authentication information with Zend_Mail?

I'm trying to write a tool that'll automate the sending out
of an email to
~20,000 people.  The SMTP server that I'm using requires
that the user login
with a name and password that have been assigned to them and
I'd prefer to
use that for this tool.

The thing is...  I don't plan on sending the email out
immediately after
it's been set up with this tool.  I'm planning on adding a
cron job that'll
be ran once a day.  It'll look inside a database, see if
there are any jobs
that need to be done, pull the associated username /
password for the SMTP
server from those rows, and perform the job.  As such, if
the username /
password that was provided isn't correct, you'll only know
the next day.

I would like to remedy this by testing the username /
password immediately. 
If it works, we add the job to the database and if it
doesn't, we let the
user know right then and there.

The problem is...  I'm not sure how to do this.  Here's some
code I wrote
that I thought might do the trick:

<?php
require_once 'Zend/Mail/Protocol/Smtp/Auth/Login.php';
$config = array(
	'auth' => 'login',
	'username' => '...',
	'password' => '...',
	'ssl' => 'tls'
);
$test = new
Zend_Mail_Protocol_Smtp_Auth_Login('smtp.server.com', 25,
$config);
$test->connect();
$test->auth();
?>

That script gives me the same output regardless of my using
correct or
incorrect username / password combos:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception
'Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception' with message
'220 smtp.server.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at
Thu, 22 May 2008
16:41:48 -0500

Any ideas?
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Hi there

You need to perform a 'helo' instead:-

try {
     $test->connect();
     $test->helo();
     $test->disconnect();
} catch (Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception $e) {
     ...handle incorrect auth details...
}

This is because 'auth()' expects that the smtp server has
already  
received the helo sequence, and secondly because the 'helo'
method has  
authentication built into it (and thirdly also sets up any
SSL/TLS  
encryption as well).

Cheers!

>
> I'm trying to write a tool that'll automate the sending
out of an  
> email to
> ~20,000 people.  The SMTP server that I'm using
requires that the  
> user login
> with a name and password that have been assigned to
them and I'd  
> prefer to
> use that for this tool.
>
> The thing is...  I don't plan on sending the email out
immediately  
> after
> it's been set up with this tool.  I'm planning on
adding a cron job  
> that'll
> be ran once a day.  It'll look inside a database, see
if there are  
> any jobs
> that need to be done, pull the associated username /
password for  
> the SMTP
> server from those rows, and perform the job.  As such,
if the  
> username /
> password that was provided isn't correct, you'll only
know the next  
> day.
>
> I would like to remedy this by testing the username /
password  
> immediately.
> If it works, we add the job to the database and if it
doesn't, we  
> let the
> user know right then and there.
>
> The problem is...  I'm not sure how to do this.  Here's
some code I  
> wrote
> that I thought might do the trick:
>
> <?php
> require_once 'Zend/Mail/Protocol/Smtp/Auth/Login.php';
> $config = array(
> 	'auth' => 'login',
> 	'username' => '...',
> 	'password' => '...',
> 	'ssl' => 'tls'
> );
> $test = new
Zend_Mail_Protocol_Smtp_Auth_Login('smtp.server.com', 25,
> $config);
> $test->connect();
> $test->auth();
> ?>
>
> That script gives me the same output regardless of my
using correct or
> incorrect username / password combos:
>
> Fatal error: Uncaught exception
'Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception' with  
> message
> '220 smtp.server.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready
at Thu, 22  
> May 2008
> 16:41:48 -0500
>
> Any ideas?
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>

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