On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 05:55:04 -0600, Mark Nipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>tls_advertise_hosts = *
>auth_advertise_hosts = ${if eq{$tls_cipher}{}{}{*}}
>
>The second directive in particular is what does it.
>
> Now, someone much more knowledgeable about such things
>than me will have to say whether that actually prevents a client
>from ignoring exim and attempting to authenticate anyway without
>TLS.
It should prevent a well-behaved client from authenticating since it
does only advertise AUTH over encrypted connections. Of course, a very
broken client who insists to authenticate even to a server that
doesn't advertise AUTH is not prevented.
Greetings
Marc
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