Re: [exim] GNU SASL gsasl integration into Exim

Phil Pennock wrote:
> > I have been successful in compiling and using this on my companies exim
> > server. A handful of weekend users (including myself) have all successfully
> > authenticated. Monday morning will provide some better "stress testing"
> > but it works perfectly so far!
>
> Good to know, thanks. :)

And FYI, today has seen no issues.

> I'd be interested to know your views on the utility of this, versus just
> proving that it can be done and having an alternative/competitor.
>
> "One less moving part"? Problems with saslauthd? Or "doesn't really
> matter to us"?

I remember having issues, some time ago, when setting up our Exim mail
server to play with sasl - It took a certain amount of faff to get it
to work. This looks like a more clear and straight forward way to do
similar authentication (it just worked when I put your example in place
with the appropriate tweaks for my server).

D.