[lug] smtp authentication with sendmail

[Archer Sully]

On Friday 12 April 2002 10:18, you wrote:
> hello all,
> i've been struggling with getting a sendmail 8.11.6 daemon up and running
> using cyrus-sasl for smtp authentication. my goal is to use simple PLAIN
> auth against the local /etc/shadow to allow roaming users smtp access
> without opening the server up to blind open relay.
>

Any particular reason why you're using sendmail instead of 
one of the more reliable/secure MTAs such as Postfix or Qmail?

As far as the roaming users vs. open relay, I just use ssh port
forwarding to server:25.  Works great, and no hassle with SASL.
And there's the additional benefit of automagically encrypting 
all of my over-the-air mail traffic.   

-- archer