On Thursday 03 May 2007, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 06:10:03PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > On Thursday 03 May 2007, you wrote: > > > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 04:09:00PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > > In outlook express, one would check authentification required and > > > > enter simply 'v'. (Usually there will be fields for username and > > > > password) > > > > > > What would "v" mean? > > > > Good question. How much more security can such an authorization bring? > > However, that is what they said to do. > > They want you to enter "v" as username and password for authentication? > > Greetings > Marc
I tried it. Did not work. Their instructions to their Outlook Express users were just that: check requires authorization and enter 'v'. But putting smtp.....:v: in password.client did not work. Problem is that no one at the provider knows linux or exim. This idea may not be such a bad one, though. That username and password are being sent out as plain text which is an open invitation for anyone with a packet sniffer to spam using that account. It has happened. I would assume that when they receive that 'v', they check the originator against logged in subscribers and authenticate privately. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]