Re: LIBESMTPD: E-Mail Client on UC Linux ?

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Paul Romero wrote:

> * Is the libesmtp package described on the website significantly
>   different than the Linux version--libesmtp5 and libesmtp-dev ?

Did you compare the version numbers? It strongly recommended to run the
most recent version.

> * Does libesmtp provide DIGEST-MD5 and GSS API-Kerberos authentication
>   as well as CRAM-MD5 ? If not, what are the future plans
>   in this respect ?

I am sure you have found that out already just by looking at the files or 
the content of the Notes file: CRAM-MD5 is supported as well as NTLM and 
that's about it. Contributing other authentication methods will be 
welcome, I am sure.

> * Is libesmpt robust enough to handle direct connections to
>   SMTP servers--via TCP/IP ? (i.e. Not on my local system.)

Yes.

> * Has libesmtp been ported to UC Linux or would you recommend
>   doing so ? (i.e. Memory space is quite limited.)

> * What part of the documentation describes how
>   to configure the "secret" etc. as used by
>   the CRAM-MD5 variant of AUTH ?

The demo program.

> * Would it be difficult to modify the libesmtp
>   to facilitate the transmission of streaming E-mail ?
>   (i.e. Multiple user data writes after a positive
>    354 response to the SMTP DATA command instead
>    of retrieving data from a file.)

It's easy, IMO.

Pawel