Re: [exim] Multiple types of authentication

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Author: Richard Clayton
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Multiple types of authentication
In message <52F3B27E.5080903@???>, Jeremy Harris
<jgh@???> writes
>On 06/02/14 14:14, Richard Clayton wrote:
>>
>> begin authenticators
>>
>> smarthost_login:
>>    driver = plaintext
>>    public_name = LOGIN
>>    client_send = : username@??? : password

>>
>> other_login:
>>    driver        = cram_md5
>>    public_name   = CRAM-MD5
>>    client_name   = otherusername
>>    client_secret = otherpassword

>
>> but once one starts to worry about CRAM-MD5 then one needs client_name
>> and client_secret lines instead....
>>
>> What advice can be offered apart from not starting from here ?
>
>You put the cram-specific bits in the cram authenticator, and the
>login-specific bits in the login authenticator, yes?


yes ... and I then got complaints

    authentication required but no common mechanisms were found


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richard                                                   Richard Clayton


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