On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:02:31AM -0500, the unit calling itself Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > > > >I need to support mail for mobile users. Consensus appears to be that > >this is best done w/ a combination of SASL (authentication) & STARTTLS > >(encryption). However, sendmail isn't compiled with SASL support: > > > ># sendmail -d0.1 -bv > >Version 8.13.4 > > Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 > > NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING > > SCANF STARTTLS TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG > > > >Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but is this because there are > >issues with SASL? Or is there a "better way" to provide smtp services > >for mobile users? > > > > i believe this has been beaten to death. search the archives for the remains.
searching w/ term "SASL" back to early 2005, I could find nothing particularly controversial... did I miss something? J

