From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 8 07:12:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04E3106566B for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 07:12:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB0E8FC0C for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 07:12:54 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,239,1262563200"; d="scan'208";a="155410955" Received: from unknown (HELO glynthebearded) ([82.152.120.109]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 08 Jan 2010 06:44:01 +0000 Received: by glynthebearded (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5DE222C3EE; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:44:00 +0000 (GMT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19270.54320.163083.261490@millingtons.org> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:44:00 +0000 To: Matthias Apitz In-Reply-To: <20100107155451.GA26295@current.Sisis.de> References: <20100107155451.GA26295@current.Sisis.de> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12 under 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) From: glyn@millingtons.org (Glyn Millington) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sendmail && SMTP AUTH: question about /etc/mail/auth/client-info file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:12:55 -0000 Matthias Apitz writes: > Hello, > > Because I was forced by my ISP to do so, I have configured successfully > as described in the FBSD docs the sendmail with SMTP AUTH; > > one question remains: the required file /etc/mail/auth/client-info has > the line: > > AuthInfo:smtp.1blu.de "U:root" "I:YYYYYYYYYYYYY" "P:XXXXXXXXXXXXX" > > where the I: value is the userID given by the ISP and P: its password; > what does the U: value is good for exactly? thanks in advance Hi Matthias, U = user for details see .... http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html atb Glyn