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Re: Does Exim support SMTP AUTH?



> The exim.org site says that it supports CRAM-MD5 and PLAINTEXT
> authentication for SMTP *if* it's called for in the Makefile.
> 
> So, the question becomes: is it compiled in on the distributed Exim?

not really an answer but if you install it you should be able to tell by
telnet'ing to port 25 of the box and checking to see if it lists AUTH as one
of it's options at the inital smtp banner.

eg.

heyzeus(larry)$ telnet mail.gci.net 25
Trying 208.138.130.19...
Connected to augustine.gci.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 augustine.gci.net ESMTP service (Netscape Messaging Server 4.05 (built
Sep  1 1999)) ready on Mon Feb 28 15:24:43 2000
ehlo blah
250-augustine.gci.net
250-PIPELINING
250-HELP
250-ETRN
250-DSN
250-SIZE 104857600
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250 AUTH=LOGIN

adam.


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