I believe that Outlook 97 works similar to Netscape where if it sees the capability after the EHLO command it will try to authenticate automatically.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Alba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:31 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] mailing list... > Great info... Thanks a ton. This will be resolved shortly. > > Here is a dumb question, and I think anyone who has restricted relaying > has seen this, but I couldn't "read between the lines" in M$ support > site about Outlook 97: > > "All that is required for authentication is a valid account name which > can be found in the Mailbox Information section of the Internet Mail > Service for a users' specific profile" > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q197869 > > As I go into each local machine to set the config to "My Outgoing server > requires authentication", I found that Outlook 2000 and 2002 have this > option, but 97 doesn't. > > Does the quote above (and y'alls experience) mean that Outlook 97 is > always and automatically set for this, which then means that I only have > to make this change for non-97 users? > > Jason Alba > IT Manager > tel: 208.232.8599 x323 > fax: 208.232.6068 > http://www.varsitycontractors.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Len Conrad > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] mailing list... > > > > >Oh gurus, please shed some light... > > sit down, my son, what is your question > > > >I have a mailing list that goes out and I probably get more than 10% as > > >undeliverable. > > that's gawdawful high. > > When I took over admin of a list server last August, it had 2% to 4% > bounce rate. Then I installed ecartis with auto-bounce mgmt and bounes > hover around 0.5%. > > 10% bad addresses will drastically slow delivery of good mail. > > >These messages are coming from the recipients server. So, is it just my > > >luck > > don't feel proud, your luck is the same as everyone's, > > >Also, for those of you that have e-mail lists, do you have add-on > >software to help manage things like this (cleaning the list of > >undeliverables), subscribe and unsubscribe, and anything else you do > >(and what would that be?)? > > real list servers, like ecartis, mailmain, ezmlm have automatic bounce > mgmt, no need to add on. > > Len > > > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training > http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail > gateways > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
