On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Brent Russell Langille wrote:
> SMTP>> EHLO langille
> SMTP<< 250-esmtp006.korea.com Pleased to meet you
> 250-SIZE 15728640
> 250-8BITMIME
> 250-HELP
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-AUTH
> 250-AUTH=LOGIN
> 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> SMTP>> QUIT
> LOG: MAIN
> == blangille@??? R=smarthost T=remote_smtp defer (-42):
> authentication required but server did not advertise AUTH support
>
> you can see that it supports LOGIN so why does the exim4 tell me
> otherwise?
Because it has not followed the RFC. Exim looks for what the RFC says it
should look for, namely
250-AUTH LOGIN
Note the crucial difference.
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