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From: Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: sendmail AUTH
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Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:52:48 -0300
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Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> writes:

> Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> wrote:
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>> (*) Followup-To 
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>>   comp.mail.sendmail
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>> I suggest we take this thread to comp.mail.sendmail.
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>>
>> Here's what I see when I say ``HELP'' to my sendmail:
>>
>> 214-2.0.0 This is sendmail version 8.18.1
>> 214-2.0.0 Topics:
>> 214-2.0.0       HELO    EHLO    MAIL    RCPT    DATA
>> 214-2.0.0       RSET    NOOP    QUIT    HELP    VRFY
>> 214-2.0.0       EXPN    VERB    ETRN    DSN     AUTH
>> 214-2.0.0       STARTTLS
>> 214-2.0.0 For more info use "HELP <topic>".
>> 214-2.0.0 To report bugs in the implementation see
>> 214-2.0.0       http://www.sendmail.org/email-addresses.html
>> 214-2.0.0 For local information send email to Postmaster at your site.
>> 214 2.0.0 End of HELP info
>>
>> It shows AUTH.  But it doesn't show anything else such as PLAIN or
>> CRAM-MD5.  What does that mean?  What kind of AUTH support do I have at
>> the moment?
>>
>> I have no cyrus packages installed on this FreeBSD.  If AUTH suffices to
>> me, then I wouldn't install anything else.
>>
>> # pkg info | grep cyrus
>> #
>>
>> # uname -a
>> FreeBSD my.host.name 14.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC
>> amd64
>
> Supported AUTHentication mechanisms are listed in reply to EHLO
> (extended HELO) ESMTP command.  EHLO replies list SMTP extensions
> supported in the ESMTP session/connection.
>
> :> ehlo xxx
> :< 250-mail.example.org Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> :< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> :< 250-PIPELINING
> :< 250-EXPN
> :< 250-VERB
> :< 250-8BITMIME
> :< 250-SIZE
> :< 250-DSN
> :< 250-ETRN
> :< 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> :< 250-DELIVERBY
> :< 250 HELP

Thanks!  Then I don't have support for authentication.

--8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
220 my.host.name ESMTP Sendmail 8.18.1/8.18.1; Fri, 8 Nov 2024 07:51:24 -0300 (-03)
EHLO localhost
250-my.host.name Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
--8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---

I'll have to recompile Sendmail.