Author: James P. Roberts Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] User authentication to enable relaying
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Is this a job for TLS/SSL certificates?
Dirk
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Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the
Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Product, It May Cease to
Exist or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
To which I would add: "Some unsettling of contents may occur during
shipment."
To answer the question: not necessarily. See SMTP AUTH section of
manual.
Fair warning, it took me (a relative newbie) quite a while to figure out
how to make it work correctly. Especially since I wanted to use
SSL/TLS, so as not to be broadcasting passwords "in the clear." And
then I ran into the problem that MS Outlook (I only had Outlook 97) does
not support TLS. I had to go to Outlook Express on my laptop (PITA). I
also ended up creating a new file with authorized email users and
passwords in it, using an LSEARCH to check authorization. I was able to
use PLAINTEXT LOGIN, since I am using SSL/TLS to scramble the
communications prior to password transmission.
Eventually, I will need to put it all into a database, and use MySQL
lookups, for speed. But at least it's working!
