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Author: ODHIAMBO G. Washington
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP AUTH PLAIN - error in documentation and config files
* CaLViN <exim.calvin@???> [20030513 07:16]: wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I think there are some errors in the documentations and in the
> standard config files of exim (both version 3 and 4). Please correct
> me if I am wrong here or have overlooked some RFCs...
>
> First, the RFC referenced in the documentation is RFC 2595. This RFC
> talks about "Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP" The correct RFC
> should be 2554 "SMTP Service Extension for Authentication".
>
> In addition to that, the recommended configuration (and the
> configuration contained in the config files) for the AUTH PLAIN
> section is not compliant with this RFC. This causes some problems with
> mail clients like TheBat! and Eudora.
>
> This is the recommended config:
>
> fixed_plain:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = PLAIN
> server_condition = ${if and {{eq{$2}{ph10}}{eq{$3}{secret}}}{yes}{no}}
> server_set_id = $2



Hmm, is this meant to insinuate "Eudora is capable of using other auth scheme
than cram_md5" in ASMTP ????

"server_prompts = :" has been in use here for so long. Perhaps it's not in the
spec.txt but it must have been somewhere in NewStuff along the 4.x branch.
Philip is working on updated documentation.... this is for sure.


-Wash

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