On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:50:43 +0100, Niels Rasmussen <niels@???>
wrote:
>On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:45:55 +0100
>Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???> wrote:
>
>I've found a very good explanation for configuring exim4 for my use.
>
>After some heavy googling I found this:
>http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-exim4-users/2006-July/000714.html
... which is an application of what is in the documentation. Why, oh
why, do people refuse to read the docs?
I even _QUOTED_ the relvant part of the documentation here and first
thing is the user does is ignore these docs and fire up google. This
is _very_ frustrating.
>When following this recipe (except for #4: here I replaced the * with
>my ISP's smtp-servername)
>
>IT WORKS !!!!!!! :-)
>
>The only issue left is if this workaround has any debian or security
>issues ??
It has security issues. As AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS suggests,
you are now transmitting your password in the clear. But if your
smarthost does not allow STARTTLS, you need to authenticate in the
clear.
Greetings
Marc
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