Bottom line is no it shouldn't matter...When a mail client is set to do SMTP Auth in needs to see the capability of it on the server. This capability comes back as part of the response to the EHLO command...
220 mail.shanbrom.net (IMail 8.11 232-1) NT-ESMTP Server X1 ehlo eric.shanbrom.net 250-mail.shanbrom.net says hello 250-SIZE 0 250-8BITMIME 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250 EXPN IF you check the "disable SMTP Auth reporting in your SMTP Advanced tab you will tell the clients connecting to you that you do not support SMTP Auth and they will not try to do it..Notice the 2 AUTH lines missing from the capabilities return 220 mail.shanbrom.net (IMail 8.11 232-1) NT-ESMTP Server X1 ehlo eric.shanbrom.net 250-mail.shanbrom.net says hello 250-SIZE 0 250-8BITMIME 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250 EXPN Therefore if Cox is supporting it it shouldn't make a difference. If they don't then the client won't even try Hope this helps Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:31 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP Auth question > Most of our users that need to move back and forth between their office and > their home could care less about checking their home email as they have a > personal system at home for that purpose. Rather they are using their > notebooks to continue to access their business email and need to be > communicating with it. > > Be that sitting in their office, sitting in their home or sitting in a > hotel. The policy that ISP's like Cox are doing to block port 25, while > understandable, is stupid. > > Also most of our users (and almost none of our direct clients) use Outlook > (most refuse to use it because of the issues with Outlook Virues and Worms > - what the "media" incorrectly refer to as email virues and worms, and > those that do don't want to bounce back and forth between multiple > "profiles". They have an email account and they want to use it. > > But this discussion has not really answered the question. I guess I'll > have to switch the SMTP settings this weekend and try it since traffic will > probably be light with minimal potential for causing users issues while I > play with it. > > At 09:43 PM 6/19/2004, you wrote: > >Actually I understood the issue perfectly, and using Outlook and two > >accounts is a lot easier than the poor user reconfiguring every > >time they change locations (daily?) plus they aren't forging themselves if > >they use the account available to them. Outlook has a > >nice drop down letting you pick which account to use with each message, so > >if user at home they pick their ISP account. No > >reconfiguration required. > > > >Encouraging them to forge their sender address when not using the company > >mail server is not a good idea. > > > >Chris > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:20 PM > >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SMTP Auth question > > > > > > > Typically such users (work and home laptop toters) already, or would, have > >two mail > > > accounts configured in their mail client because > > > they're probably already piping their personal mail through their home ISP > >and > > > running biz mail through your server when they can > > > get to it (and running it through the home ISP when they can't). All they > >have to do > > > is set 'Server Requires Auth' on the mail > > > account that's configured for your server...what they do with their ISP > >mail account > > > settings is between them and their ISP. Those > > > that can reach your server from outside still would use it. > > > >You missed/don't understand the issue. > > > >Company user using his company e-mail for company business, while out of the > >office, can not send company e-mail out through port 25 other than > >to/through the ISP mail server. During this time, he has to reconfigure his > >company e-mail account to send outgoing company e-mail through the ISP > >e-mail server, or else it does not get delivered. > > > >John Tolmachoff > >Engineer/Consultant/Owner > >eServices For You > > > > > > > >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/ > > > 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/
