Dan Nicholson wrote: > To be fair, the SMTP code has no additional dependencies. The SMTP > auth code requires one additional dependency, cyrus-sasl. And that's > no different than if you want to use POP or IMAP with authentication. > So, for me, it added no dependencies.
> Keep in mind that the --enable-pop and --enable-imap options have been > in the book for months and it didn't bother anyone that sasl wasn't > explained, even though it's the exact same issue as SMTP auth. Where have you seen POP or IMAP without authentication??? It _is_ different. E.g., without installing Cyrus SASL, I can read my ums.usu.ru mail from home via IMAP-over-SSL, but can't send anything via SMTP-over-SSL. ums.usu.ru runs Courier MTA and requires authentication for both IMAP and SMTP. > I don't mind leaving the SMTP relay support off by default and just > leaving it in the command explanations. To me, though, it's win-win to > have --enable-smtp just like --enable-imap. Now I have the flexibility > to use local or remote mailspool and local or remote MTA. Indeed. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
