> In article <01RK8ZUEQIYU000058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write: > >Then you haven't looked at a bunch of ours. Authenticated relay isn't routinely > >done, but it's by no means unheard of, and we fully support it. > Yeah, I should have known I should ask you first. > Do you do it for abuse management, or just to keep private channels private? Mostly links between data centers across the open Internet. Nothing fancy AFAIK: SASL PLAIN over TLS with specific certs. But some people insist on it even inside their data centers. I wasn't even aware of this usage until I botched a change to our configuration metafile. Nothing like a introducing bug to tell you wnat people are actually doing with your stuff. Ned