I might be repeating a known fact already but...
You can:
1) disable SMTP AUTH reporting
2) don't relay for local users
3) don't relay for IPs
and SMTP auth will still work with outlook express and netscape. Not too
sure about Eudora.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Britt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SMTP AUTH Issue
>Well, Tanya & Support & the entire IMail team (any anyone who is seriously
>thinking about buying/using this product in a production environment) ...
>today we landed on the ORBS black list because of the IMail SMTP AUTH
>problem (had to turn SMTP AUTH off since our upgrade to 6.x caused
>condierable instability. So, we try to rely on the relay for domain only
>option, and BAM! we are blacklisted...)
>
>Let's see, turn SMTP AUTH off, and we get blacklisted, and many of our
users
>cant use the mail server. Turn SMTP AUTH on and it will soon fail, and
many
>of our users can't use the mail server.
>
>Every Ipswitch user take note here: If you are needing SMTP AUTH, you
>cannot rely on IMail to function properly, and by turning it off, you risk
>the danger of having your mail server blacklisted by using IMail.
>
>Ipswitch, You keep telling me that everyone is working on it you are and
>thanking me for my patience, but you have KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER
>A YEAR. (yes, that is me yelling in desparation) ... How much patience are
>we supposed to have?! Are you REALLY working on a fix? Or are you just
>saying that you are "considering options" to us while you continue to back
>burner this issue?
>
>We have *SERIOUS* problems from using your mail server. Why does every
>other SMTP AUTH system that I am aware of on the market work, when your
>software fails! How are we to solve this URGENT problem? PLEASE HELP!
>
>Thanks,
>Kelly Britt
>
> "Need A Dot Com?"
>____________________________________________________
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>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:24 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: SMTP AUTH Issue [IMS2000040500001247]
>>
>>
>> Hello Kelly, and good evening. As I stated before, I understand your
>> frustration and concern. However, my answer does not change. I have
told
>> you the point that we are at with SMTP Authentication, and we
>> will continue
>> to search for a fix to the problem. Also, we are aware that
>> there are more
>> customers experiencing the problem besides you. We are taking everything
>> into consideration; each configuration and client involved. This
>> will take
>> time, and there is no way around that. We will not come up with
>> a universal
>> fix in a days time, because it is not a universal problem. There are a
>> variety of different people experiencing SMTP Auth failure for different
>> reasons. The fix that works for some will not work for others because
the
>> configurations are different.
>>
>> We thank you for your time and patience regarding this matter Kelly. As
>> soon as we have new information, we will release it. Thanks again.
>>
>> Tanya M. DeScott
>> Technical Support Engineer
>> Ipswitch, Inc.
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