On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Steve Platt wrote:
> Am I right in thinking that in order to get Netscape SMTP relaying working
> both on and off your own network with AUTH you need to patch the source to
> exim still?
No.
> It seems you need to force/provoke Netscape into authenticating by advertising
> the AUTH feature in response to an EHLO - there's no other way is there?
Correct.
> AFAIK this advertisement can only be turned on or off (auth_always_advertise).
No. Look more carefully at auth_always advertise. It takes into account
other settings.
> What I think I want is for a PC with Netscape to be able to send mail to our
> exim server without fuss when it's plugged into our LAN but to force it to
> prompt for AUTHentication when it's connecting in from some random ISP address.
Then set
host_accept_relay = ip.of.your.lan
host_auth_accept_relay = !ip.of.your.lan
auth_always_advertise = false
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