Am 2006-07-14 15:25, Eric Ewanco schrieb: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Eric Ewanco schrieb: > > > >> Try a lowercase a. > >> > > If I may ask: why (how should that help out)? > > > Because I had a similar problem to yours and it worked for me. hi, Please do not confuse us. Thats MY problem :) > I found > a page instructing me on how to configure SASL and Sendmail and it > showed using options a, y, and p, instead of the A, y, and p I had. So > I switched it, and it worked. > > Here are the two documented settings: > > A > Use the AUTH= parameter for the MAIL FROM command only when > authentication succeeded. > a > protection from active (non-dictionary) attacks during > authentication exchange. > > Frankly I don't understand how either of this affect the success or > failure of authentication. A looks like it is only applicable for > outgoing mail, whereas we're concerned about incoming mail. The > definition of 'a' seems a bit vague; what does this protection involve? > But this does pertain to the authentication exchange, so theoretically > it could affect its success or failure. > > Eric > > > > i've tried it, i didn't have anyway anything to loose :) as a result, i don't even get the 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN when i telnet to it (or secured via tls in evolution) so, back to define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A y') Alex
