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AUTH 504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type

Hello
I want to test my office365 mail account using telnet as following:
telnet smtp.office365.com 587
220 HE1PR0701CA0067.outlook.office365.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:38:21 +0000
helo
250 HE1PR0701CA0067.outlook.office365.com Hello [62.240.53.58]
HELP
214-This server supports the following commands:
214 HELO EHLO STARTTLS RCPT DATA RSET MAIL QUIT HELP AUTH BDAT
AUTH
504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type [HE1PR0701CA0067.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com]
I need to use AUTH command and I get the above error.
So could anyone help me?
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Good Day Ahmed.

You need to use AUH LOGIN and then hit enter.
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220 HE1P195CA0023.outlook.office365.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Sun, 23 Jul 2017 08:28:37 +0000
HELO
250 HE1P195CA0023.outlook.office365.com Hello [62.240.53.58]
AUTH LOGIN
504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type [HE1P195CA0023.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM]
I run (AUTH LOGIN) and I get the same error as shown above
You can also try and change to AUTH BASIC.
Is this just for testing purpose ?

Can you have a look at the below link as well.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/How-to-configure-IIS-for-relay-with-Office-365-eb57abd2-3859-4e79-b721-2ed1f0f579c9
220 AM4P190CA0008.outlook.office365.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:29:33 +0000
helo
504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type [AM4P190CA0008.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM]
AUTH BASIC
504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type [AM4P190CA0008.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM]
Hello
can you help me solve my issue?
bye
good day apologies for the delay , the below link will help you with your issue that you are having.

it explains which options you need to modify in order to get it working.

http://www.chilkatforum.com/questions/5071/smtp-504-574-unrecognized-authentication-type-error-with-smtpoffice365com

Use the Option STARTTLS
Thank you for a reply I will check the link and I will feed you back
could you show me how  to set the mailman.StartTLS property = true ?
could you explain me how  to set the mailman.StartTLS property = true ?
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