Auth required: Outlook 2003

[Brian Gaynor]

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:28 -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> smtp-auth is actually quite simple to setup in Fedora.  i would refrain
> from usingpop-before-smtp authentication, as there are security risks in
> doing so.  im also speaking to FC4, ive not set this up in FC5 yet.  but,
> i imagine its probably the same, or very close.
> 
> first, enable and start saslauthd.
> 
> chkconfig saslauthd on
> /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
> 
> next, add these configuration options to your sendmail.cf file.
> 
> define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dn
> TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
> define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `LOGIN PLAIN')
> 
> generate your new sendmail.mc file, and restart sendmail.  this
> configuration will allow outlook to use authentication.
> 
> hth, and good luck!

We're using smtp-auth here on postfix and have had no problems with
Outlook 2003 clients. As Jpnathan said, easy to set up and widely
supported by client software.

-- 
Brian Gaynor
www.pmccorp.com
FC4/Linux on DELL Inspiron 5160 3.0Ghz 
canis 14:30:54 up 6:03, 1 user, 
load average: 0.36, 0.18, 0.12