"Micheal Espinola Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Eric B. wrote: >> I haven't checked recently, but at the time when I was >> installing/learning >> ASSP, there was no documentation that I could find that related >> specifically >> to how the popb4smtp functionality worked in ASSP. I had to read through >> the code and run sample tests to figure out exactly what ASSP was doing, >> and >> understanding what the popb4smtp was for. >> >> For me, the biggest issues I had to overcome for this was >> 1 - what format ASSP expected the file to be in >> 2 - where to find the necessary file in my MTA >> 3 - how ASSP treated popb4smtp (ie: what difference would it make if I >> had >> it enabled or not) >> 4 - what configuration changes (if any) had to be made to the MTA to deal >> with ASSP performing the popb4smtp authentication checks. > > OK, so this isn't an issue per se with the documentation itself, but a > lack of understand of the fundamental differences between SMTP and POP - > and that ASSP only applies to SMTP (regardless of the POP before SMTP > function). > > So, additional supplemental references or documentation highlighting the > differences would be helpful for new MTA administrators... ?
Well - not really. I was (and am) very clear on the difference between POP and SMTP, and was very well aware that ASSP was purely an SMTP proxy and had nothing to do with POP. What I had found confusing was how ASSP integrated with a POP server to allow for Pop before SMTP. Apart from the instructions in the web interface (which were minimal), I couldn't find any reference to explain how to use it, or what file formats ASSP supported, etc. I believe the web interface has been improved slightly, but I don't think anyone has effectively described what fileformats ASSP supports for popb4smtp (i haven't checked the wiki recently - have been utterly swamped with a million other things I have to get working - even ASSP has fallen to a background prioiryt at the moment). Maybe George can chip in what else he finds/found confusing about the popb4smtp as well.... Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
