On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:46:42 +0000 (GMT), Philip Hazel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Marc Haber wrote: >> 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. > >It's not prevented from *trying*, but Exim won't accept AUTH unless it >has advertised it.
Is there a MUA so broken that it tries to authenticate without the server having advertised AUTH? I think that even Outlook does _this_ right. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
