I have the same problem. I have had to send newsletters for months from an older version from laptop as just cannot just latest version to work. Here is the error from the delivery panel on latest test.
Have tried deleting and reinstalling but no use.
[01] 3/23 17:37:01 ~ Opening connection for delivery...
[01] 3/23 17:37:01 ~ Connecting to auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk Port:25
[01] 3/23 17:37:01 ~ Connected
[01] 3/23 17:37:01 220 auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (mreue101) Welcome to Nemesis ESMTP server
[01] 3/23 17:37:01 > EHLO [192.168.1.68]
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 250-auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 > AUTH LOGIN
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250-SIZE 120000000
250 HELP
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 > AUTH LOGIN
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 >
[email protected]
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 501 5.5.2 could not decode
[01] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ Fatal error, giving up!
[00] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ [-????]
[00] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ Closing all streams
[00] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ Creating report...
[00] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ Finishing...
[00] 3/23 17:37:02 ~ Finished.
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MaxBulk Mailer Delivery Report [#694] - 23/03/2014 *** Test Mail ***
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Mailer version: 8.4.7-US Pro - Registered
Machine OS/speed: Mac OS 10.7.5 Lion/2.7Ghz
Streams: 5 [1 Used] Single Server
Delivery mode: Singly (Tag processing ON)
SMTP server address: auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk [Port: Default] SSL Off
Authentication: ESMTP (Login) | [192.168.1.68]
Groups: All at once [Interval: 00:00:00]
Delivery start date: 23/03/2014 at 17:37:01
End date: 23/03/2014 at 17:37:02
Total duration: 1 second(s) - Retries: 1000/10
Rate: 1.00 recipient(s)/second
to a total of: Test Mail
List name: Test
Sent: 0
Failed: 2 undelivered [Connection dropped by server]
Errors: 1
Mail subject: ABN March Networking
Mail priority: High
Reply To:
[email protected]
Errors:
[email protected] (Sender)
Return receipt: No
Mail format: Text|HTML | iso-8859-1 | quoted-printable
Mail size: 15.00 KB (Doesn't include attachments)
Attachments: none
MLM: Click-through tracking [Activated]
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