> More likely it's because the "Use name and password" box is checked on
> the "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" page of "Account Settings." It's
> not your fault, Mozilla does that by default. It can be useful though,
> if you use a laptop then authenticating should allow you to send mail
> when you're not on their network.

I've seen some annoying smtp clients that once they do a EHLO and see
that smtp auth is available will then prompt for auth even if it isn't
needed to send the email. I don't use mozilla mail so I don't know if it
does this. I kind of doubt it does though.

>>>------>

--

+-------------+-----------------------+---------------+
| Ed Schaller | Dark Mist Networking  | psuedoshroom  |
+-------------+-----------------------+---------------+

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

____________________
BYU Unix Users Group 
http://uug.byu.edu/ 
___________________________________________________________________
List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list

Reply via email to