Author: Anand Buddhdev Date: To: exim user CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] EHLO / HELO and AUTH LOGIN
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 12:34:17PM +0800, exim user wrote:
> I have problem sending email using HELO and AUTH LOGIN, when i issue
> HELO to the server, and then AUTH LOGIN, it not prompt me for
> anything, and give me an "503 AUTH command used when not advertised",
> BUT, when I send email using EHLO first, it prompt me a list of AUTH
> for authentication, and i can send mail after i use AUTH LOGIN with
> correct authentication data.
>
> Is there anyway to let my exim box to allow both HELO and EHLO to
> get AUTH LOGIN? Becasue the client program is using HELO, and they
> have no idea to modify it to use EHLO.
No. AUTH is an ESMTP extension that cannot be used unless the client
knows about it, and the client can only find out by sending EHLO. The
client you are using is broken, so either fix it, or get the vendot to
fix it.
