The use of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the "@" sign) is a known weakness in the Netscaspe 4.xx series of Messenger.
I posted a very small patch a short while ago (actually two of them) that fixes the pop3 login thingy to re-write a Netscape accout ID using either ":" (colon) or "%" (percent) as separators instead of "@" (which Netscape doesn't handle). It is a way to allow clients using Netscaspe to pass something useful into the authentication module that will be interpreted as a name<-->domain separator. Also, this patch is a more comprehensive solution that allows for IP based domains; thus allowing clients to authenticate through a domain IP address associated directly with their e-mail domain; and then the Netscape weakness can be overlooked - using just "accountname" and not having the "@domain" on the end... Sort of a legacy issue; and should have never wasted our time - but there are bazillionz of Netscaspe 4.xx users out there..... Grrrr. The patch (previously posted) is serves for pop3, imap and imap-ssl implementations and uses a simple IPnumber,domain.name file to create the association. It then re-writes the username into a username@domain format for actual authentication (like it should be if all e-mail clients worked correctly). Randy Ondra Koutek wrote: > > Exactly: > Netscape 4.79 > id is email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The problem I see is that kmail that works must be set to use clear text > authentification and plain nor apop does not work. > How can I enable plain authentification (I addes it to pop3.rc) > but it does not seem to work. > Ondra > > "Randy Lewis (Kenneth R. Lewis)" wrote: > > > > Exactly what kind of e-Mail account ID are > > you using with Netscape mail...and what version > > of Netscape.. 4.xx? or 6.xx? > > > > By account ID, I mean.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > , or just someone > > > > Randy > > > > Ondra Koutek wrote: > > > > > > I am using vpopmail and courier on RH 7.2 > > > Everzthing seems to work fine, but if I try to login from netscape mail > > > client to pop3, I have login failed message. > > > The pop3 works if I use Kmail. > > > Have you any ideas? > > > thanx > > > Ondra > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > courier-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > courier-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
