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

On Di, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:01:16 +0100, Philip Hazel <ph10@???> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Franz Georg [utf-8] Köhler wrote:
> > > > Can exim be forced to authentificate, even if the remote peer doesn't
> > > > announce smtp-auth capability?
> > >
> > > No. How would it know which mechanism to use?
> >
> > The user would have to specify the mechanism via config file.
>
> Any standards-conforming MTA that does not advertise authentication
> should reject AUTH commands.

I agree.

> This change is even more non-standard than
> making Exim recognize the non-standard "AUTH=LOGIN" output.

I don't think so.
Exim's behaviour would be standard until the user forces exim to change
the behaviour.

The user would have good reasons to do this, I guess.