SMTP Auth does not work with Virtual domains without IP addresses using any
external database at this time
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Deliduka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP auth. and the Mac
> On 10/30/00 2:12 PM this was written:
>
> > Thanks Thomas - this is very elucidating.... this does sound like it
> > would be the culprit. Is this the problem you're thinking of?:
> >
> > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20000117-DM01.htm
> >
> > To restate my situation, the IMail server I'm using is in the control of
> > my web hosting provider. (I'm also talking to them about this but this
> > forum is already much more helpful) I was given an "administrative"
> > account on the IMail server which I can use to manage mailboxes for my
> > domain. ("admin@[mydomain].com") Following your lead, I've tried using
> > that username for authentication, but no success. Any ideas? I feel like
> > this is the right track to be on...
>
> I replied to someone personally who asked if the domains that won't work
for
> me were virtual hosts. I told him that even those that were not virtually
> hosted with an external database were not allowing me to use SMTP-AUTH but
I
> was wrong. I re-checked it and found that those domains I use which are
> virtual domains won't work with smtp-auth whereas those that are not
virtual
> domains work with the regular user. So I was wrong when I posted to that
> person.
>
> So, the sentense in red in the above link does reflect my situation. It
> works with non-virtual domains but not with virtual domains. Our servers
> are using Access (for now) as a back-end.
>
> --
>
> Thomas Deliduka
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