How to enable SMTP AUTH with FreeBSD default Sendmail 8.11 1) Add the following to /etc/make.conf: # Add SMTP AUTH support to Sendmail SENDMAIL_CFLAGS+= -DSASL -I/usr/local/include/sasl SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS+= -L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD+= -lsasl 2) Rebuild FreeBSD (make buildworld, ...) 3) Create /usr/local/lib/sasl/Sendmail.conf with the following. pwcheck_method: pwcheck