Re: [LUG] exim & smtp in general.

[Jon Still <jon at termisoc.org>]

> 
> I would like to set up a server so that the only way a client such as
> Outlook etc can only send mail via the server if the user authenticates
> themselves with tehir system password.  However, the thought occours that

I would recommend looking at:

RFC2554 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
http://sunsite.org.uk/rfc/rfc2554.txt

Don't know what mail daemons support this, but as it was written by a guy
at Netscape, it's a fair bet that it is what is used in Navigator et al.

As for interoperating with delivery operations, it shouldn't bve a
problem.  I would have thought that most implmentations would be smart
enough to allow mail for the local host (or stuff in sendmail.cw), until
the user has authenticated, at which point relaying is enabled for that
sesion.

Cheers,
Jon.

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