Re: [exim] Please clarify spec.tct 33.5

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Author: Marc Haber
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Subject: Re: [exim] Please clarify spec.tct 33.5
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:00:22 +0000 (GMT), Philip Hazel
<ph10@???> wrote:
>I suppose I could change it to
>
> For each authenticator that is configured as a client, in the order in
> which they are defined in the configuration, it searches...
>
>Is that what you meant?


Exactly. Thanks for the clarification.

That way, it is clear that it is in fact sensible to define CRAM-MD5
first to give it preference (and of course configure the authenticator
to only apply when a cleartext password is available), with LOGIN
and/or PLAIN as a fallback.

Greetings
Marc

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