Hello Dustin, Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 6:32:54 AM, you wrote:
DCH> I looked further into the docs on SMTP authentication, and they were no DCH> help. All I got out of that was external as in another mail server. My DCH> question still remains: why does external POP3 authentication not take DCH> place when sending emails? It works just fine otherwise, downloading DCH> messages from the server, but when I try to send a message, then I have DCH> to use the password in the mailusers.tab file, which defeats the purpose DCH> of having external authentication in the first place. What am I doing wrong? IT sounds like you are composing then immediately sending, in which case many MUA's do not POP3 check first, the only option is to let it stay in the outbox until a full send and recieve, or find a client that has a setting for POP before SMTP auth for immediate send. I know The Bat! can do it (http://www.ritlabs.com). -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
