On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 04:33:43AM -0800, Daniel O'Neill wrote: > > > I do not know enough about CRAM-MD5 and the merits of using or not > > > using it or other auth mechanisms, only that it would of course be > > > preferable to have it used when TLS is not available. > > > > I disagree here. Unless an unencrypted wireless LAN is used, I find it > > much more dangerous to have the SMTP passwort stored on the client as > > clear text. > > But the fact is that almost all mailers require authentication.
No. A lot of mailers allow relaying from associate IP address ranges. The number of mailers doing so is decreasing, but I say that they're still the majority. > This is a serious problem with Exim and makes it non-functional for > the vast majority of users. People who are not able to dump a password into a documented text file should not be running an MTA in the first place. Please don't play like things that are not available via debconf are completely inaccessible. > Always the same basic info is required: mailer name and login credentials. I disagree. > But the user using Thunderbird or kmail or whatever doesn't have this > problem, and they are using the ISP's mailer in the same way. Why does > it become more complex just because Exim happens to be sending the mail? Enough. Take this to debian-devel or to the tech ctte. I am not going to address these issues on a short term. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
