Re: [Exim] plaintext driver

Rus Foster wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm trying to get plaintext SMTP auth working and got the following in the
> paniclog
>
> 2003-01-27 22:13:05 Exim configuration error in line 557:
> auth plain: cannot find auth driver "plaintext"
>
> Now reading through the documenation it looks like I haven't got the
> plaintext driver as..
>
> Connected to ns.rf0.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 freebsd.rf0.com ESMTP Exim 4.02 Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:13:52 +0000
> help
> 214-Commands supported:
> 214 AUTH HELO EHLO MAIL RCPT DATA NOOP QUIT RSET HELP

You need to send an EHLO command to get the list of capabilities, with
all authenticatos listed.

> Is there anyway that I can enable it or is it time for a recompile with
> AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes in the Makefile?

Yes, the driver for plaintext must be enable at build-time to use it in
your config.

Nico