I'm pretty sure the userid is used as the user name when authenticating on
connection to the mail server, the same way you have to supply a userid when
connecting to your ISP using dial-up connection.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Derricutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 11 December 2000 15:11
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Simple Email
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Martin Ease wrote:
> I think the line...
> NMSMTP1.UserID := 'mhoward';
> Is not required.
well, the raw smtp conversation goes:
$ telnet smpt-server 25
helo myservername
mail from: me <email@addy>
rcpt to: them <email@addy>
data
From: enter any headers here
To: this is display only
Date: this is where some exploits can be done with outlook
Put your message after the blank line
end your email with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
.
--
So it could be that NMSMTP1.UserID is possibly used in either the helo or
mail from: lines...
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