Re: [msmtp-users] How to convince myself it's using CRAM MD5?

[Eur Ing Chris Green <cl@...98...>]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 12:08:15PM +0100, Martin Lambers wrote:
> On Mon, 19. Feb 2007, 10:28:18 +0000, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote:
> > However I'd like to totally convince myself it's using CRAM-MD5, is
> > there any way I can get msmtp to report this to the log file?
> 
> No, but you can check with a test mail in debug mode:
> $ echo -e "Subject: Test\n\nTest" | msmtp --debug -- you@...45...
> 
Lovely, thanks, I get to see "--> AUTH CRAM-MD" in the debug output.


> Note that msmtp never sends cleartext passwords unless you force it 
> by explicitly setting "auth plain" or "auth login". If msmtp cannot find a
> non-cleartext authentication method, it aborts with "cannot use a secure
> authentication method" by default.
> 
OK, thanks.

I must say (apart from the initial compile problem on our ancient
Solaris OS) that msmtp has been very easy to set up and use.

-- 
Chris Green