Usually SMTP Auth will work if the client is on our "close" network... That is, a T1 or similar directly connected to our switches/routers... However, if they are (more likely) sitting on somebody else's DSL line or similar, then problems will arise peridodically and for no reason... We had this same problem a week ago with a good customer of ours... Luckily they were able to get a static wan... The one before that was able to get a static block for their network. Some are not so lucky. In a perfect world we'd love to have SMTP Auth work every time... We still always start with that... But all too often it must be abandoned.
_M | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of | Joshua Levitsky | Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:38 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: Re[4]: [IMail Forum] ORBZ being replaced with DSBL | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Madscientist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:08 PM | Subject: RE: Re[4]: [IMail Forum] ORBZ being replaced with DSBL | | | > The consistent use of SMTP Auth is a nice goal, but from a | practical | > perspective, we find buggy clients (OE, & O) that under some | > circumstances will not reliably authenticate... This is | particularly | > true when virus scanning software is involved as it tends to place | > itself between the client and it's server(s). -- To the end user an | > occasional failure is just plain broken, and right or wrong | considered | > to be our fault. For that reason, on corporate systems I tend to | > dial-in the IP block from the end user's network the very | first time | > we get trouble with authentication. | | We have 12,000 emplyees doing SMTP Auth. Honestly SMTP Auth | has never been a problem for us... many other things are | problems, but never SMTP Auth. | | -Josh | | | 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/
