[HCoop-Discuss] SMTP server authentication

[Adam Chlipala]

Dmitriy Morozov wrote:
> Can anybody shed any light for me on why won't the SMTP server "query
> you for a username and password by default" as it says in the
> UsingEmail entry on the wiki? ...snip...
> At the same time I don't actually
> see what it accomplishes. Could somebody, please, enlighten me?
>   

It's not something that anyone has configured explicitly.  It's the 
behavior we end up with after following whatever advice we tracked down 
on Google.  If you know how to configure Exim to work otherwise, then 
we'd love to hear how.