[wplug] IMAP revisited... to send mail?

[Jonathan S. Billings]

On Nov 20, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Bill Moran wrote:

> So stuff had to be added to SMTP to secure it.  SASL is a component of
> SMTP AUTH.  SMTP AUTH allows a user to authenticate to the SMTP server
> before using it, SASL is how the SMTP server determines whether or not
> that authentication succeeds or not.

I should note that SASL is also used by imap and other services to 
negotiate authentication, as well negotiating the security layer for 
the protocol.  So you might see it in your IMAP configuration as well 
as MTA.

Jonathan S. Billings <billings at negate.org>