Thus spake "John Brown" <jmbrown@chagresventures.com>
seems that there are installs of the smtp-auth patch to qmail that accept anything as a user name and password and thus allow you to connect.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=qmail&m=105452174430616&w=2
is one URL that talks about this. ... Some early docs on setting up qmail based smtp-auth systems had the config infor incorrect. This leads to /usr/bin/true being used as the password checker. :(
That isn't a bug; it's a documentation problem and/or incompetent admin, depending on how generous you're feeling. S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking