Sendmail applet may need to validate on RCPT

[Vladimir Dronnikov]

Hello, Gustavo!

> My particular scenario is a sendmail (proper) server that wants auth to relay to foreign domains.

What do you mean by "proper"? Full-blown?

>
> Problem is you can't issue an AUTH LOGIN after a MAIL FROM has been issued

Is this the problem of BB sendmail, or none sendmails can do that?
I've no linux distribution, so can't check it myself.

> so a command-line switch to issue the auth command  would be required.

> Or maybe i'm missing something?

We should first consult SMTP RFCs for validity of such a scenario. Can
anyone on the list fetch the answer right off his "cache"? :)

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Vladimir