> Actually, my mailer does not like the "AUTH=LOGIN" tag. I (and Phil Hazel
> from Univ. of Cambridge, author) think that it should be "AUTH LOGIN"
> instead. The "="-character is IMHO not allowed here (see RFC 2554 and RFC
> 1869).This might be some kind of philosophical question, I suppose. But it
> actually causes problems.
Unpatched qmail does not support the SMTP AUTH command. You must be a
patch.
Technically, "AUTH=LOGIN" is incorrect. However, Netscape's MUA, and later
Outlook and Outlook Express, were coded to expect that, so it's become the
norm. The first SMTP AUTH patch for qmail, written by Mrs. Brisby, uses
"AUTH=LOGIN". The second and more robust SMTP AUTH patch, written by
Krzysztof Dabrowski, supports the ability to display "AUTH LOGIN" and/or
"AUTH=LOGIN" for maximum compatability, and also supports PLAIN and CRAM-MD5
authentication procedures as well.
For more info on Mrs. Brisby's patch, check out:
http://www.nimh.org/code.shtml
For more info on Krzysztof Dabrowski's patch, check out:
http://members.elysium.pl/brush/qmail-smtpd-auth/
---Kris Kelley
