Reverse lookup keeps the user from having to enter "user@domain" in the user
fields for POP3 (and now SMTP on the version I modded up for my own use).
It simplifies configuration for users that that have a hard enough time
finding the "any key".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Healy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'XMail Mailing list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: RE: SMTP Auth
> Reverse lookup won't do you any good for people on the road connecting
> from various locations. SMTP Auth is your only choice right now.
>
> Bill
>
>
> >----------
> >From: John Kielkopf[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 2:26 PM
> >To: Davide Libenzi
> >Cc: XMail Mailing list
> >Subject: Re: SMTP Auth
> >
> >Well, actually, I finally got POP3 working with reverse lookup, so I no
> >longer needed to provide the domain in the user field. (needed to get a
> >patch from MS, part of SP2)
> >
> >I just finished modifying SMTPSvr.cpp to work the same, now that I'll be
> >forced to use SMTP Auth... Didn't want to waste time doing it if the
> >functionality was already there.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Davide Libenzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "John Kielkopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: "XMail Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:10 PM
> >Subject: RE: SMTP Auth
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 11-May-2001 John Kielkopf wrote:
> >> > Well, having no other choice, I'll have to try the SMTP Auth route.
> >> >
> >> > However, it appears when authenticating, the user's domain is not
pulled
> >from
> >> > SMTPS.szSvrDomain, so you need to supply the full username and domain
> >when
> >> > authenticating. Is this correct?
> >>
> >> Yes John,
> >>
> >> same as POP3.
> >> I don't remember which MUA does not like '@' , so You can use ':'
instead
> >> ( maybe it's Eudora ).
> >> Let's wait before making Your users to use SMTP auth coz maybe I'll go
to
> >> implement SMTP after POP3 auth.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> - Davide
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
