Re: sendmail AUTH

Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> writes:

Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> wrote:

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  comp.mail.sendmail
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I suggest we take this thread to comp.mail.sendmail.
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Here's what I see when I say ``HELP'' to my sendmail:
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214-2.0.0 This is sendmail version 8.18.1
214-2.0.0 Topics:
214-2.0.0       HELO    EHLO    MAIL    RCPT    DATA
214-2.0.0       RSET    NOOP    QUIT    HELP    VRFY
214-2.0.0       EXPN    VERB    ETRN    DSN     AUTH
214-2.0.0       STARTTLS
214-2.0.0 For more info use "HELP <topic>".
214-2.0.0 To report bugs in the implementation see
214-2.0.0       http://www.sendmail.org/email-addresses.html
214-2.0.0 For local information send email to Postmaster at your site.
214 2.0.0 End of HELP info
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It shows AUTH.  But it doesn't show anything else such as PLAIN or
CRAM-MD5.  What does that mean?  What kind of AUTH support do I have at
the moment?
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I have no cyrus packages installed on this FreeBSD.  If AUTH suffices to
me, then I wouldn't install anything else.
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# pkg info | grep cyrus
#
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# uname -a
FreeBSD my.host.name 14.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC
amd64

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Supported AUTHentication mechanisms are listed in reply to EHLO
(extended HELO) ESMTP command.  EHLO replies list SMTP extensions
supported in the ESMTP session/connection.
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:> ehlo xxx
:< 250-mail.example.org Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
:< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
:< 250-PIPELINING
:< 250-EXPN
:< 250-VERB
:< 250-8BITMIME
:< 250-SIZE
:< 250-DSN
:< 250-ETRN
:< 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
:< 250-DELIVERBY
:< 250 HELP

Thanks!  Then I don't have support for authentication.

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220 my.host.name ESMTP Sendmail 8.18.1/8.18.1; Fri, 8 Nov 2024 07:51:24 -0300 (-03)
EHLO localhost
250-my.host.name Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
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I'll have to recompile Sendmail.