[KLUG Members] SASL

[Robert G. Brown]

>On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 05:23:41PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote:
>
>> > No. Mutt, e.g., supports several authentication schemes (PLAIN,
>> > DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI). Your server uses SASL to negotiate one of those
>> > schemes and uses SASL to run a PLAIN.plugin or CRAM-MD5.plugin to
>> > authenticate the user.
>> 
>> All looks like a good explanantion to me, thanks!
>
>Well, not quite. I should have recognized the obvious thought that the
>client needs to properly negotiate the SASL dialog. mutt and cyrdeliver
>both link to SASL.

The commercial MUA's that I examined had a fair amount of stuff (it's
utility to be determined) in the form of documentation and/or downloads.
Search engines on those sites found nohing under SASL, but did find
stuff under "SMTP Authentication", which is how this thread got started.

However, your point is well taken. Perhaps, by setting up a TAN*, I can
easily configure the server and test it using a local MUA, and then 
see if one of the commercial MUA's can also be made to work.

							Regards,
							---> RGB <---


TAN --> Table Area Network