Thunderbird is my MUA of choice, and I am not sure what it does to authenticate me, but it prompts for a password. Also, I have null webmail, and it does work. I am going to install ethereal on this box and watch as I try to send mail, to see how it connects to the server for authentication
Charles Frolick wrote: >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). > > > - 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]
