Difference between revisions of "TSmtpCli.AuthType"

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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Property AuthType specifies the authentication method to be used with method [[TSmtpCli.Auth | '''Auth''']].  
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Property AuthType specifies the authentication method to be used with method [[TSmtpCli.Auth | '''Auth''']]. Authentication is necessary to login in the mail server as you're otherwise not allowed to send any e-mails. Most internet service providers require some sort of authentication. The list of possible values below contains such methods like username password without sophisticated encryption or checksum or stronger methods which use MD5 or Sha1 hash algorithms.
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Possible values are:
 
Possible values are:
 
  smtpAuthNone,    smtpAuthPlain,    smtpAuthLogin,
 
  smtpAuthNone,    smtpAuthPlain,    smtpAuthLogin,

Revision as of 18:58, 21 December 2007

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Definition

property AuthType: TSmtpAuthType;

Inherited from TCustomSmtpCli.AuthType

Description

Property AuthType specifies the authentication method to be used with method Auth. Authentication is necessary to login in the mail server as you're otherwise not allowed to send any e-mails. Most internet service providers require some sort of authentication. The list of possible values below contains such methods like username password without sophisticated encryption or checksum or stronger methods which use MD5 or Sha1 hash algorithms.

Possible values are:

smtpAuthNone,    smtpAuthPlain,     smtpAuthLogin,
smtpAuthCramMD5, smtpAuthCramSha1,  smtpAuthAutoSelect

Most of them are self-explaining, except smtpAuthAutoSelect which causes the component to perform a smart detection of most secure authentication method possible.

See also RFC 2554, RFC 1734

Example

SmtpCli1.AuthType := smtpAuthAutoSelect;

Best practices

Recommended setting is smtpAuthAutoSelect.

How to