Re: [Exim] Re: need help with smtp-auth client (exim4)

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Author: Brent Russell Langille
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: need help with smtp-auth client (exim4)
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.
>
>
> --
> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
> Get the Exim 4 book:    http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book


i would never have found that. thank you very much. is there any thing i
can do about this?