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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=887
Summary: Spec could better call out AUTH PLAIN parameters
Product: Exim
Version: N/A
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: bug
Priority: medium
Component: Documentation
AssignedTo: nigel@???
ReportedBy: exim-dev@???
CC: exim-dev@???
Section 34.3, "The PLAIN authentication mechanism", is perfectly clear, but
needs to be searched for. The parameters for AUTH PLAIN are counter-intuitive,
being authorization id, authentication id and then password.
So while LOGIN uses $auth1 & $auth2 for password checks, PLAIN uses $auth2 &
$auth3.
A few places in the docs provide examples for LOGIN, which is the non-standard
ad-hoc mechanism, whereas PLAIN is the standardised mechanism.
I'll throw in a patch to add some refinements.
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