I use these successfully. I set it up years ago and forget the details. The mc file contains: define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A p y') define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN') devtools/Site/site.config.m4 is: APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_ENVDEF', `-DSASL') APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_LIBS', `-lsasl2') APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/include/sasl') dnl ### Changes for STARTTLS support APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF',`-DSTARTTLS') APPENDDEF(`confLIBS', `-lssl -lcrypto') APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/include/openssl') Does ldd sendmail return a dependence on libsasl? Claus Aßmann occasionally responds usefully on comp.mail.sendmail russell bell