Re: [Exim] Convincing Netscape to SMTP AUTH LOGIN

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Author: Richard Mayhew
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Convincing Netscape to SMTP AUTH LOGIN
Hi
I have netscape authenticating. It seem that it does it automatically if it
sees AUTH being advertised

At 09:14 AM 00/09/27, you wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 08:05:36PM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> > >
> > > What must I do to convince Netscape to authenticate with the Exim server?
> >
> > Configure the server to use PLAIN authentication. LOGIN is a Pine/c-client
> > thing. I suspect Netscape uses PLAIN, which is defined in an RFC.
>
> From the brief look I had at this a week or so ago, it appeared that
>Netscape only supports SSL authentication, not SMTP AUTH.
>
>Christi
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