On 3/26/2015 4:27 PM, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Tuesday 24 March 2015 at 3:27:47 AM, in > <mid:5510d9b3.4090...@confidantmail.org>, Mike Ingle wrote: > >> More >> information and downloads at: >> https://www.confidantmail.org > > The intro page on your website says "SMTP-compatible address format: > keep your existing email address". Have you checked whether google (or > any other email provider) might have something to say about using > addresses at their email domain name on a completely unrelated > service? >
From the bit of testing I did with it, it seems the "email address" is merely used as a user identifier. The domain is irrelevant. You could use nob...@nonexistent-domain.com and it would still work. The email address doesn't actually have to exist. > And does the Confidant Mail setup do any sort of challenge/response > over SMTP to check the user controls the email address they are > duplicating as a Confidant Mail address? > I don't think it does since the email address you use is in no way tied to the actual address. It is linked to the AUTH code generated by the server during user setup and that's about all. I used this e-mail address during the server/client setup test and I never received anything from the Confidant server I set up. From what I gathered reading through the docs, the Confidant protocol doesn't use domain names as identifiers, but each user has a specific identifier. The email address is just a more human readable way of referring to their identifier on the server. I could be wrong though and I'm sure Mike can explain it better. -- Antony Prince Key ID: 0x4F040744 Fingerprint: FE96 5B7F A708 18D3 B74B 959F A6E1 6242 4F04 0744 URL: keyserver.blazrsoft.com
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