SMTP Auth, Was RE: Network HELP PLEASE!!

[Keith Morse <kgmorse mpcu com>]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> Instead, use AUTH. With it you can send from anywhere on Earth since it 
> uses your username and password to authenticate you before sending mail. 
> Real users can send mail, no one else can. If you've already upgraded to 
> 8.11.6, I'm pretty sure that the three relevant lines are already in 
> sendmail.mc (although I don't remember whether they were commented out).
> 
> If AUTH is already configured in sendmail, you can "telnet localhost 25" 
> and, when sendmail answers, issue the command "ehlo localhost" (note "ehlo" 
> spelling). You should get a list of lines as answers, an one of them will 
> be "250-AUTH".
> 
> In order for it to *actually* work, you must also ensure that you have a 
> file named smtp in your /etc/pam.d directory. If /etc/pam.d/smtp does not 
> exist, simply copy the file for pop with "cp pop smtp" inside that directory.
> 


Rodolfo, you had said earlier that researching smtp auth took a long time,
but once figured out quit quick to implement.  Did you find a
website(s) that gave some clarity to the issue?