On Wednesday 01 December 2004 04:59 pm, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Petter> "connection refused" generate a support request from the > Petter> user, and increases the load on the support organisation. > Petter> The users will ask what the error message mean, and will > Petter> have to get the explanations individually. A message > Petter> poping up every time the user connect to the wrong service > Petter> will normally change the users behaviour without any extra > Petter> work for the support organisation. > > This assumes that the client program will display the error message. > > IIRC, Some programs will just display "invalid password" regardless of > what the server returns. This makes debugging any problems difficult. > IIRC Outlook falls into this category. > > Even if the client returns the error message to the user, users > frequently (read: close-to-always) are unable to *read* error messages > (in my experience) and will interpret the error as "invalid password" > regardless of what was actually displayed in the message box. These > people won't be able to tell technical support any more then the very > misleading "Mail doesn't work as it doesn't like my password!". > -- > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My understanding is that it allows the login given any username/password, and returns actual e-mail messages with the information. If the client program refuses to display the e-mail message, it won't be very useful with a real pop3 server. Josh
