Subject: Use of AUTH with SMTP

From: Paul Romero <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 16:55:03 -0700

Dear User Group:

Can anybody provide some insight into the following
questions about how the AUTH mechanism is used
with SMTP ?

1) How commonly deployed is the AUTH mechanism--as
described in RFC 2554--in commercial ISP SMTP implementations ?

2) It the AUTH mechanism usually used as a stand alone
authentication mechanism ?

2.1) If not, is it usually used with the security
layer mechanism described in RFC 2554, or part
of a larger set of services labeled as ESMTP or Kerberos ?

2.2) What other RFCs are relevant to the AUTH
mechanism ? (i.e. Especially if it is always
part of a larger ESMTP or Kerberos set of services.)

Best Regards,

Paul Romero

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