I already realize that, but what if my customer WANTS pop accounts and the
domain name is over 31 characters long? Duh!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP broken for new long domain names
> By the way, IMail will be happy with a shorter Alias for the domain (In
> Virtual Hosts Configuration | Aliases).
>
> Dave
>
> In reply to 9 Feb message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> >This was originally posted as: [IMail Forum] Maximum user id
> >length & outlook express
>
> >Well no one answered this so we did some research.
>
> >Seems that iMail has a 31 character limit for the logon id
> >(when using smtp). This is documented, though not easily
> >found on their web site.
>
> >This means that if you have a long domain name, which some
> >registrars are allowing, like:
> > reliable-web-site-hosting.com
>
> >You cannot use smtp to send mail as authentication will fail
> >if you are using virtual email and need to specify a user id
> >like:
> > user id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > password: ********
>
> >We verified this with several different email clients. Web
> >messaging still seems to work. Pop does not seem to have
> >this limitation (it may be greater), only smtp.
>
> >This was found in iMail 5.x, has this been increased in Mail
> >6.x? If not would the dev team please take note and fix this.
>
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Roger Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 1:01 PM
> >Subject: [IMail Forum] Maximum user id length & outlook
> >express
>
>
> >> Does anyone know what the max user id length for outlook express is?
> >>
> >> I have a user who cannot send mail using
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> but can using
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> I have not been able to find this documented anywhere in the
> Microsoft web
> >> site.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Roger
> >>
> >>
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