From: "Nick Kitson"
> Hi Scott and Brett,
>
> Thanks for your suggestions - I took it to 'feedback' and got -
>
> > "REBOL does not currently support SMTP authorization though your request
> has been added to our protocol enhancement list.
>
> > If you can't possibly wait, the SMTP protocol in REBOL is writtin in
REBOL
> and can therefore be modified by you or anybody else to support
> authorization."
>
> So, being a dog with a bone, I've pasted the results of probing the smtp
> scheme below in the hope that somebody better able than I could add the
> doubtless 2 or 3 lines of code to make it work. If somebody does take on
> the challenge and doesn't have a SMTP server account that requires
> authentication, please email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I can provide
> details of a temporary account for testing purposes.
>
> Thanks Rebols!
>
> Nick
<snip to end>
Hi, Nick,
Before APOP was supported, I enjoyed hacking a solution as a way of
understanding REBOL schemes. I was curious about what might be involved in
supplementing the SMTP scheme, but after reading an SMTP Draft (9-Sep-2000)
and RFC 2554 (a proposal on SMTP Authentication), I highly suspect that this
task is beyond my skills. I had assumed that the basic SMTP Authentication
would use clear text, like POP, but apparently nothing is really
standardized. A solution would not likely be generic.
Like you, I'm surprised that more services haven't initiated SMTP
authentication at least to some level.
Best of luck.
--Scott Jones
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