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From: Robert R Schneck <schneck AT math DOT berkeley DOT edu>
Subject: Re: ssmtp.exe doesn't authenticate against exchange
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:27:40 +0000 (UTC)
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Olaf Foellinger wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 10:22:42PM -0700, Alex wrote:
>> it works against sendmail+cyrus but not against the latest
>> exchange server. Any patches on the horizon?
>
> The question is: Which authentication method does the exchange server
> support? I've tried it first with firebird and then I've moved the
> configuration to cygwin.
>
> If e.g. the exchange server needs ssl, then I doubt that ssmtp will do
> the job. I've installed and configured exim for this suppose.

ssmtp can be configured to use ssl, but it has to be re-compiled for 
that purpose.  Some instructions are available in the relevant places
under /usr/share/doc/.

Perhaps I should make the ssmtp binary package ssl-capable...

Robert


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