"Jason R. Mastaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> invited
blackmail by remarking:

> 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.

True, that's why the standard is a good one.

POP-before-SMTP predates SMTP-auth.  It's for largely this reason it's in
such widespread use - it was all that was available for quite some time to
implement any sort of open to the world, but not an open relay mail server.

It's my understanding that most companies with an interest in security are
moving their networks from homemade POP-before-SMTP solutions to the new
standards.  My company, Earthlink, just recently rolled out such a service
to give our users access to send mail from anywhere.

Regards,
DV
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