Jason R. Mastaler wrote:
>
> Drew Raines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > This seems like an odd and rather inflexible way to
> > > handle SMTP authentication to me.
> >
> > Why? {POP,IMAP}-before-SMTP is quite reliable for us.
>
> I'm not questioning its reliability, just that requiring
> access to a POP/IMAP server simply to send mail is
> inflexible, as Jessica's situation illustrates.
>
> An RFC standard method for authenticating SMTP users is
> already available. If the ISP had adhered to the standard, I
> could have solved her problem with 5 minutes of coding.
OK, ``inflexible'' I'll buy. ``odd'' just surprised me since
those solutions are pretty common.
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