On 8/28/2004 10:54, "Marten Lehmann" <lehmann@???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> It's in there:
>>
>> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_33.html#SECT33.5
>
> I already read this part of the documentation. But the documentation
> only says "Exim will attempt to authenticate as a client when it
> connects". So, how do I tell exim which login and password to use to
> authentifacte itself on the remote smtp-server?
34.5. Using plaintext in a client
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_34.html#SECT34.5
35.2. Using cram_md5 as a client
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_35.html#SECT35.2
36.2. Using spa as a client
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_36.html#SECT36.2
You don't want to use plain text unless the connection is encrypted.
On the other hand, you do want to use what the server supports.
--John
