3.2.5.2 Receiving a POP3_AUTH_NTLM_Blob_Command Message

The expected state is inside_authentication.

On receiving this message, a server MUST de-encapsulate the message, obtain the embedded NTLM message, and pass it to the NTLM subsystem. The NTLM subsystem can:

  1. Report success in processing the message and return an NTLM message to continue authentication.

  2. Report that authentication completed successfully.

  3. Report that authentication failed because of a bad user name or password, as specified in [MS-NLMP].

  4. Report that the authentication failed because of some other software error or message corruption.