Re: [Evolution] SMTP AUTH and Evo

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 01:45, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> søn, 2002-09-01 kl. 15:32 skrev Not Zed:
> 
> > > > Currently we support the following SASL mechanisms:
> > > > CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, KERBEROS_V4, LOGIN, PLAIN, and SPA (aka NTLM)
> 
> > > Some might say that a number of these, if not all, are not SASL.
> 
> > why?
> 
> Because SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) is an
> authentication mechanism that uses an underlying system (ususally a
> Kerberos key base) for its purpose.

rfc2222 says nothing of the sort.

Jeff

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