Why does the unauthenticated SMTP proxy include auth_http statement?

Server NGINX
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Hi all,

Can anyone throw some light on this for me please?

Looking at:

It says “The example is for unauthenticated e-mail as you can see”, but
the example clearly shows authentication:

mail { server_name mail.somedomain.com;
auth_http localhost:8008/auth-smtppass.php;

So I’m confused - should this be in there? Because if so, I’m obviously
missing something about what unauthenticated means…

-Andy

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Andy D’Arcy Jewell

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Hello!

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:56:54PM +0000, Andy D’Arcy Jewell wrote:

mail { server_name mail.somedomain.com;
auth_http localhost:8008/auth-smtppass.php;

So I’m confused - should this be in there? Because if so, I’m
obviously missing something about what unauthenticated means…

The “auth_method none” still doesn’t mean there is no
authentication/authorization at all, it means that it’s done
without requiring a user to provide login/password. Auth script
is still expected to do some form of authorization, e.g. by
checking ip and source/destination addresses provided.

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Maxim D.