>From testing this in the past, and if memory serves me correctly, MS,
Eudora, and Netscape will not try unless they see the following lines in the
response to the EHLO (or something along these lines)

250 AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5
250 AUTH=LOGIN

Eric S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Isabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] smtp authentication not working


> Now, this may be splitting hairs, but I'm not certain that disabling the
> announcement of AUTH capability will force clients not to try/use it.
(Quite
> a few negatives in that sentence...) What I mean is that, AFAIK, a client
is
> free to try AUTH regardless of the server announcing its support of it or
> not. I'd be happy to stand corrected on this.
>
> Guy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] smtp authentication not working
>
>
> > yup got me as well    should have left it at uncheck it  :-)
> >
> > Eric S
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Guy Isabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "IMail Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] smtp authentication not working
> >
> >
> > > Eric,
> > >
> > > I think that you meant the opposite: UNchecking DISable Auth Reporting
> > will
> > > ENABLE (not suppress) announcing IMail's AUTH capability.
> > >
> > > Must be those darned double negatives ;)
> > >
> > > Not un-Guy
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > DO you have "disable Auth Reporting" checked? If so uncheck it. This
> will
> > > suppress IMail's reporting of the SMTP Auth capability telling clients
> not
> > > to try it.
> > >
> > > Eric S
>
>
>
>
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