To set the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) authentication method while sending E-mail alerts to the mail server configured, use the command smtp authentication in Global Configuration Mode. The no form of the command resets the authentication method to send email alerts with any authentication.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
auth-login
|
Enter to set the smtp authentication method as auth-login in which both the user name and password are BASE64 encoded. | |
auth-plain
|
Enter to set the smtp authentication method as auth-plain in which the user name and password used for authentication are combined to one string and BASE64 encoded | |
cram-md5
|
Enter to set the BASE64 encoded user name and 16-byte digest in hexadecimal notation. The digest is generated using HMAC calculation with password as secret key and SMTP server original challenge as the message. | |
digest-md
|
Enter to set the smtp authentication method as digest-md5 in which the BASE64 encoded MD5 digest response string that is calculated using the user name, password, realm string and nonce string. |
Global Configuration Mode
iS5Comm(config)# smtp authentication auth-login