Hi,
check RFC 2554 (SMTP Service Extension for Authentication).
cheers.
eh.
At 16:57 1.9.2000 -0500, Kris Kelley wrote:
>Forgive me for an off topic post, but I'm hoping somebody here can point me
>in the right direction.
>
>I'm looking for documentation that details how the ESMTP AUTH=LOGIN
>mechanism works. There doesn't seem to be an RFC for it, and I haven't had
>any luck finding other documentation. The AUTH=LOGIN mechanism is used by a
>couple of qmail patches to provide SMTP relay authentication, and a coworker
>of mine needs to know how it works so he can write an email client for it.
>Thanks!
>
>---Kris Kelley
>
>
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