sendmail && SMTP AUTH: question about /etc/mail/auth/client-info file

[Glyn Millington]

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