Greg Johnstone writes: > I have read with interest the postings on 'POP before SMTP' and 'SMTP AUTH' > in the last few days - just what I need, it seems. > > It has been a constant annoyance that when I take my notebook away from the > office I can't send emails to the world. > > So, based on the assumption that 'SMTP AUTH' is the way to go I configured > AUTH_REQUIRED=1 and ESMTPAUTH="LOGIN CRAM-MD5". > > This seemed to work fine for outgoing mail, *however* all incoming mail > stopped. It seems all the SMTP servers out there had to authorize with our > server before it would accept mail. > > Have I misunderstood the purpose of SMTP AUTH or have I messed up the > configuration?
You messed up. You don't need to do anything to the server, as ESMTP authentication is available by default. All you have to do is configure your mail client properly. -- Sam ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
