sendmail user name and password authentication

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 24.07.2004 schrieb Jonathan T. Steadman um 21:43:

> This is the only error I get in my log, when I try to choose
> authentication option for smtp...
> Jul 24 15:36:34 jonstest sendmail[6450]: i6OJaR3j006450: [192.168.2.4]
> did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA

You didn't increase the log level from default value 9 to 15 as I told
you to do! :(

define(`confLOG_LEVEL', `15')dnl

> I am under the impression that it doesn't by default require
> authentication but that if you want a certain domain to require
> authentication you must specify the domain name in
> /etc/mail/relay-domains. After trying this I do not believe that was
> correct. As far as the whole password thing from the first email ignore
> it, my comments were irrelevant.

No no no. You misunderstood a many things. Every domain you put in
relay-domains file does not need any authentication for relaying. That
is the reason and task of that specific file. But though you would be
able to authenticate.

Alexander


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