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--- exim4:test_exim4_authenticators [2016/11/08 10:02] – created peter
+++ exim4:test_exim4_authenticators [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Exim4 - Test Exim4 Authenticators ======
+Exim's **-bh** option can be useful for testing server authentication configurations.
 <code bash>
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 </code>
-<WRAP notice>
+<WRAP important>
-**NOTE**:  Exim's -bh option can be useful for testing server authentication configurations. The data for the AUTH command has to be sent encoded in base 64.
+**NOTE**:  The data for the **AUTH** command has to be sent encoded in base 64.
 </WRAP>
+<WRAP tip>
+Perl's MIME::Base64 can be used for Base64 encoding.
+</WRAP>
+<code bash>
+perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64(&quot;user\@mytestdomain.com&quot;)'
+perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64(&quot;password321&quot;)'
+</code>