On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 12:40 +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> 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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i would never have found that. thank you very much. is there any thing i
can do about this?