Hi Folks, Thomas,
Thomas Mueller wrote:
>from L.D.:
>>What Glenn didn't say, and what I didn't understand, is that the server
>>will NOT always prompt for authorization ... and port 110 is one place
>>where it doesn't. [It had me pulling out my already thin hair.]
>and Bernie:
>>Of course not. A mail server will never ask for username and password.
> Bernie and L.D., you slipped! Port 110 is POP3, and mail servers always, or
> almost always, ask for username and password on this port. Mail servers don't
> usually ask for username and password on port 25 (SMTP), though a few use
> authenticated SMTP.
True, but what L.D. was talking about was that the port 110 does not
always place a visible request for username and password on your screen.
Mine doesn't for instance.
But it still needs it to let you in, so you have to type both sides
of the dialogue yourself.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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