README
1Copyright (c) 2003, 2006 Alex Pleiner - zeitform Internet Dienste.
2alex@zeitform.de - http://www.zeitform.de. All rights reserved.
3This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
5
6Note: This version requires Authen::SASL. If you want to want to go
7without, use version Net::SMTP_auth 0.05.
8
9FURTHER NOTE: Net::SMTP can do authentication by itself (with a
10different Syntax)
11
12Can someone please provide me with a SMTP account on a
13maschine using DIGEST-MD5 or NTLM for testing?
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15--------
16Abstract
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18
19Net::SMTP_auth is a small extension to G. Barr's Net::SMTP
20to authenticate to an SMTP server using one of the AUTH
21methods provided by Authen::SASL (see RFC2554 for details).
22This module can be expanded and is a very first implementation.
23
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25Requirements
26------------
27
28This module requires:
29
30 - Net::SMTP (should be obvious)
31 - MIME::Base64
32 - Digest::HMAC_MD5
33 - Authen::SASL
34 - Authen::NTLM (optional for NTLM)
35
36The requirements are encoded in Makefile.PL.
37
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39Basic Installation
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41
42Net::SMTP_auth may be installed through the CPAN shell in the
43usual CPAN shell manner. This typically is:
44
45 $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SMTP_auth'
46
47You can also read this README from the CPAN shell:
48
49 $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
50 cpan> readme Net::SMTP_auth
51
52And you can install the component from the CPAN prompt as well:
53
54 cpan> install Net::SMTP_auth
55
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57Manual Installation
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59
60Net::SMTP_auth can also be installed manually.
61
62Download the package from:
63http://alex.zeitform.de/smtp_auth/
64
65Downloading and unpacking the distribution are left as exercises for
66the reader. To build and test it:
67
68 perl Makefile.PL
69 make test
70
71When you're ready to install the component:
72
73 make install
74
75It should now be ready to use.
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