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Re: [PATCH] SMTP Modifications

From: Yang Tse <yangsita_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:49 +0200

2011/8/22 Steve Holme wrote:

> * Modify the order of the preferred authentication method to: AUTH CRAM-MD5,
> AUTH LOGIN then AUTH PLAIN. AUTH PLAIN should be the last as it is less
> secure than AUTH LOGIN as the username and password are sent together -
> there is no handshaking between the client and server like there is with
> AUTH LOGIN.

Fix for SMTP proper ordering of authentication method pushed now to master.

Thanks,

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