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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:30:35 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com>
To:        tcg@cguy.com (Gary Chrysler)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -ERR Unknown command: "auth".
Message-ID:  <199704181530.JAA22783@xmission.xmission.com>
In-Reply-To: <199704172020.UAA03124@ramillia.cguy.com> from "Gary Chrysler" at Apr 17, 97 08:23:09 pm

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Gary <tcg@cguy.com> asked:
> Hi all, I was wondering if someone knew how I could stop
> this:
> 	-ERR Unknown command: "auth".
> 
> from flooding my logs.. :(
> 
> I've searched the archives and came up with the reasons why!
> But not how to stop it from flooding my logs.

Looks like you've got a mail reader (or several) configured to use
APOP, but you don't have APOP.  Tell your users to configure their
mail readers to use regular POP password authentication.

-- 
          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com



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