I did a test with Outlook Express and it did stop the authentication if I tick the option. If I remove the SMPT AUTH option it will authenticate. Is there other way of authenticating with the mail server?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerry Massat Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 3:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Please Help !!!!!!!!! It happened Again ---I FOUND THE PROBLEM ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Please Help !!!!!!!!! It happened Again ---I FOUND THE PROBLEM Those are the times I reset the password to 1d10t ;-) > > I saw that on one of our accounts and promptly changed it. You'ld be > surprised the # of people that use password as the password. WHEN WILL THEY > LEARN?????? > > Paul > > > > I found the problem but I'm not so sure how to fix it. Apparently > > the spammer managed to Authenticate and relay email even though I > > disable the SMTP authentication. Do I just tick the option Disable > > SMTP "AUTH" reporting under the SMTP security option? Could it be a > > security loop hold in Imail. I guess someone managed to guess the > > password for the email account. Did I miss anything here? > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
