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| − | The '''authinfo''' feature allows external | + | The '''authinfo''' feature allows external clients to relay mail via sendmail's [[SMTP]] by authenticating in various ways by providing a separate user map. |
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| + | By default, the authinfo database specification is: | ||
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| + | hash /etc/mail/authinfo | ||
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| + | ...where [[../../authinfo|/etc/mail/authinfo]] contains the user map to be used. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/docs/m4/smtp_auth.html SMTP authentication] | * [http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/docs/m4/smtp_auth.html SMTP authentication] | ||
| + | * [http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/docs/m4/features.html#authinfo very brief feature definition] | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 26 February 2014
About
The authinfo feature allows external clients to relay mail via sendmail's SMTP by authenticating in various ways by providing a separate user map.
By default, the authinfo database specification is:
hash /etc/mail/authinfo
...where /etc/mail/authinfo contains the user map to be used.