On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:27:51AM +0200, Van Liedekerke Franky wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> maybe it's already mentioned, but I found it now also:
> the smtp auth patch does not require you to use the smtp authentication, it
> allows you to do so. If you simply ignore the auth parameter (just do a
> telnet to port 25) you'll that everything works without authenticating as
> well.
That's the way SMTP AUTH works. The server offers the ability, and either
the client decides to auth itself to gain relaying privileges or he doesn't
auth and gains no additional privileges. If he already has relaying
privileges (through tcpserver, RELAYCLIENT set) he gains nothing from authing.
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