Hi Scott,
I'm now confused again - my Outlook (12/98) & Outlook Express (4/99) have
both implemented SMTP authentication and work successfully with my
authenticating servers. MS are not known to lead the pack in this area so
surely there is standardisation of sorts, (even if it is MS sorts)
Nick.
>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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