On 5/15/06, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
use the username and password supplied by the client and then mimic the client dialog to the actual mail server. If the actual mail server responds with a successfull authentication then the front line qpsmtpd server will allow the relay otherwise it will deny relaying.
FWIW when I was writing authentication failovers I found a rich lode of copyable code in the source of fetchmail, although I doubt that would include the interaction in question. This sounds like a very useful little widget.
