SMTP server authentication

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navid
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SMTP server authentication

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hi all
how i can authentication a smtp server with PHP.
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volka
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Post by volka »

what kind of authentication?
if pop3-before-smtp then you could just login before sending the mail. The imap-functions can handle that (pop3, too)
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.imap.php
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hi
How many kind of authentication?
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Post by volka »

hm..despite pop3-before-smtp I'm only aware of RFC 2554 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication. What functions that can handle I don't know ;)
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