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Clarified imap/pop3/smtp_capabilities and starttls interaction.
author Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@nginx.com>
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1 <?xml version="1.0"?>
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3 <!--
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4 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Anton Yuzhaninov
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5 Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
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8 <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd">
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10 <module name="Module ngx_mail_smtp_module"
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11 link="/en/docs/mail/ngx_mail_smtp_module.html"
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12 lang="en"
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13 rev="5">
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15 <section id="directives" name="Directives">
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17 <directive name="smtp_auth">
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18 <syntax><value>method</value> ...</syntax>
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19 <default>login plain</default>
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20 <context>mail</context>
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21 <context>server</context>
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23 <para>
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24 Sets permitted methods of
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25 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2554">SASL authentication</link>
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26 for SMTP clients.
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27 Supported methods are:
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28 <list type="tag">
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30 <tag-name><literal>login</literal></tag-name>
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31 <tag-desc>
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32 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00">AUTH LOGIN</link>
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33 </tag-desc>
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35 <tag-name><literal>plain</literal></tag-name>
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36 <tag-desc>
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37 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4616">AUTH PLAIN</link>
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38 </tag-desc>
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40 <tag-name><literal>cram-md5</literal></tag-name>
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41 <tag-desc>
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42 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2195">AUTH CRAM-MD5</link>.
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43 In order for this method to work, the password must be stored unencrypted.
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44 </tag-desc>
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46 <tag-name><literal>external</literal></tag-name>
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48 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4422">AUTH EXTERNAL</link> (1.11.6).
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49 </tag-desc>
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51 <tag-name><literal>none</literal></tag-name>
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52 <tag-desc>
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53 Authentication is not required.
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54 </tag-desc>
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56 </list>
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57 </para>
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59 </directive>
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62 <directive name="smtp_capabilities">
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63 <syntax><value>extension</value> ...</syntax>
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64 <default/>
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65 <context>mail</context>
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66 <context>server</context>
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68 <para>
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69 Sets the SMTP protocol extensions list
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70 that is passed to the client in response to the
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71 <literal>EHLO</literal> command.
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72 The authentication methods specified in the <link id="smtp_auth"/> directive and
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73 <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3207">STARTTLS</link>
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74 are automatically added to this list depending on the
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75 <link doc="ngx_mail_ssl_module.xml" id="starttls"/> directive value.
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76 </para>
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78 <para>
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79 It makes sense to specify the extensions
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80 supported by the MTA
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81 to which the clients are proxied (if these extensions are related to commands
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82 used after the authentication, when nginx transparently proxies the client
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83 connection to the backend).
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84 </para>
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86 <para>
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87 The current list of standardized extensions is published at
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88 <link url="http://www.iana.org/assignments/mail-parameters">www.iana.org</link>.
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89 </para>
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91 </directive>
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93 </section>
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95 </module>