Re: [exim] authenticate * not work

At 6:02 pm +0800 2005/05/19, G W wrote:
> > there are two different issues here:
>>
>> if on the LAN the pix is not relevant but the AUTH method for OE was not
>> present. On the WAN pix seems to be present and must be disabled to have
>> ESMTP work.
>
>even after i added the LOGIN authenticator, both OE and thunderbird
>must check the "smtp require username/password" box.

well, that's not surprising, I do not know of a client that behaves
differently.


>i wonder why thunderbird acts like OE (??) that only making use of
>AUTH LOGIN authenticator.

emulation...?

>The other 2 (AUTH PLAIN and AUTH CRAM-MD5) are used for login to POP/IMAP ???

?? we are talking of an SMTP server here! These authentication are
for decent client applications, like the not so amazing, but still
much better than OE, Eudora.

>Right now, the situation is the client needs to enter password TWICE,
>1 for pop email off their mailbox, 1 for sending mail from my server.

OE allows you to use for SMTP AUTH the same authentication settings
of the POP/IMAP account, so there is no need.

>client must not appreciate that coz they didn't have to in the past
>(sendmail, qmail).. Any solution to this?

let them complain, they would anyway, after all they most probably
use Windows, poor little ones.

Giuliano