From c475d271b30ec8b2f8d53de058376549062d52a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ebullient Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:59:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adding doc for the sitewide options I added last night git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/squirrelmail/code/trunk/squirrelmail@6374 7612ce4b-ef26-0410-bec9-ea0150e637f0 --- ChangeLog | 1 + doc/authentication.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b5822703..7099b341 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Version 1.5.0 -- CVS - Fix again for Internet Explorer's stupidity of decoding characters, then executing it blindly. See http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/340118. - Replaced obsolate 2mbit.com RBL with ahbl.org RBL. Bug.No.829887 + - Added a sitewide override for authenticated SMTP - see authentication.txt. - Fixed sorting of sent_subfolders. Sent_subfolder plugin is hooked to special_mailbox hook. diff --git a/doc/authentication.txt b/doc/authentication.txt index d58e3895..40dbee22 100644 --- a/doc/authentication.txt +++ b/doc/authentication.txt @@ -81,4 +81,26 @@ To get the challenge with SMTP: QUIT [server says bye, closes connection] + +OPTIONAL SMTP AUTH CONFIGURATION +-------------------------------- + +If you need all users to send mail via an upstream SMTP provider +(your ISP, for example), and that ISP requires authentication, +there are two variables that can be added to config_local.php +that will specify a sitewide SMTP username and password. + +Set up SMTP authentication to the remote server according to the +instructions above, then add the following to config_local.php, +replacing and with the username and password +you'd like to use for the entire site: + + $smtp_sitewide_user = ''; + $smtp_sitewide_pass = ''; + +These values will be used to connect to the SMTP server as long +as the authentication mechanism is something besides 'none', i.e. +'login','plain','cram-md5', or 'digest-md5'. + + [End] -- 2.25.1