>I'm sure that's it. I'd rather fight than switch. Who can >tell me what ISP to use if I need to? What is this "SMTP auth" >and will all ISP's be using it?
SMTP Auth is a way to prove who you are to a mail server before sending email. It is used so that ISPs can make sure the only people using their mail servers are their customers. At this point, it is the norm not the exception for ISPs. All you can hope to do is locate one that supports POP Auth (aka POP before SMTP or Check before Send authentication). Any email client can support POP Auth because all you have to do is check your email within a certain period of time before trying to send email. The length of time is up to the email server admin, but usually is between 30 seconds and 10 minutes. Always long enough that you can safely check and then send, but often short enough that you have to do that each time you want to send. I wrote a patch that makes Emailer always check email before sending (compared to the normal behavior of sending before checking). So with the patch Emailer will always self POP Auth. But even without the patch, you can do it manually or with applescripts. Another option is an ISP that supports IP Authentication. This form checks your IP address against a list of IP addresses that belong to the ISP. Earthlink used to do this but I don't know if they still do. This is in my opinion the best form of Authentication as it is totally non invasive to the user. However, so many ISPs sublease their connections these days, that this form is starting to disappear because an ISP can no longer be sure the IP is being used by one of their customers and not someone from another ISP that just happens to lease from the same holding company. Another option is to run something like Baton Mail to add SMTP Authentication to Emailer. And a final option is to change to a newer email client that supports SMTP Authentication. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
