NAME

       Authen::Simple::SMTP - Simple SMTP authentication

SYNOPSIS

           use Authen::Simple::SMTP;

           my $smtp = Authen::Simple::FTP->new(
               host => 'smtp.company.com'
           );

           if ( $smtp->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
               # successfull authentication
           }

           # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

           PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
           PerlModule Authen::Simple::SMTP

           PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleSMTP_host "smtp.company.com"

           <Location /protected>
             PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::SMTP
             AuthType          Basic
             AuthName          "Protected Area"
             Require           valid-user
           </Location>

DESCRIPTION

       Authenticate against a SMTP service.

METHODS

       •   new

           This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:

           •       host

                   Connection host, can be a hostname or IP number. Defaults to "localhost".

                       host => 'ftp.company.com'
                       host => '10.0.0.1'

           •       port

                   Connection port, default to 25.

                       port => 25

           •       timeout

                   Connection timeout, defaults to 60.

                       timeout => 60

           •       log

                   Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn".

                       log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::SMTP')

       •   authenticate( $username, $password )

           Returns true on success and false on failure.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple.

       Net::SMTP.

AUTHOR

       Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com"

COPYRIGHT

       This  program  is  free  software,  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

perl v5.34.0                                       2022-06-08                          Authen::Simple::SMTP(3pm)