Ian Eiloart <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18 May 2011, at 22:17, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
[...]
>>    Port 587:    SMTP with our without STLS 
>>                 (should be used for mail submmission)

> Hmm, port 587 should really expect STLS, given that it's supposed to
> require password negotiation. I know the MSA RFCs permit IP based
> trust mechanisms, but they really should be restricted to clients on
> a private local network that are not TLS capable.

client authentication does not necessarily imply sending clear text
passwords, see e.g CRAM-MD5.
cu andreas
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