Am Montag, den 17.07.2006, 16:35 +0200 schrieb Norman Maurer:
> > > Add Support for POP-before-SMTP (roaming users) > > > > > We should add support for pop-before-smtp. This is a common and often > > > used technic to authenticate users before allow them to send an email to > > > an external address. > > > > The question is why is it still often used. > > There are two reasons for using pop-before-smtp: > > > > 1. the client does not support SMTP-AUTH > > 2. the server does not support SMTP-AUTH > > > > pop-before-smtp has always been a workaround and it has drawbacks for > > the user. (Some clients try to first send and the receive when going > > online) > > James supports SMTP-AUTH. Are there really clients, that still don't > > support it? > > > > I guess the reason why pop-before-smtp still is used so often is because > > administrators don't want to change their approved setup. And e.g. > > widely used MTA qmail still doesn't support SMTP-AUTH without a patch! > > > > IMHO there is no demand for it, but I may be wrong . > I think you are right .. But sometimes when a admin want to switch to > the other mailserver he want to use the old behavior.. Its not so easy > for a admin to change to a mailserver that now only support smtp-auth > with about 5000 Users ;-) Okay, that is a good argument indeed, :-) I really didn't think about the migration issue. When you have 5000 users it will be cheaper for sure to implement pop-before-smtp first and have a smooth migration to SMTP-AUTH. I really can image the alternative when switching at day x. Once upon a time: It was well prepared but only (optimistic) 2500 users did manage to switch their accounts on their own. The rest 2500 are just killing your IT-hotline, all your admins are running from pc to pc, many employees loose the (optimistic) half day, because they couldn't access their emails... The controlling will calculate a horrible sum of lost money. ;-) Joachim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
