"Brian Heinrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 30 Sep 2002, it is alleged that Mark sauntered in to > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed: > > > "pd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi. > > > My ISP recently "upgraded" their mail sever and now things are working > > > oddly with my N7. > > > I am running Win98 SE with plenty of memory and a 20 gig drive. > > > > > > My isp runs POP mail. > > > What I am asking is, are there specific questions I should ask my ISP > > > in order to set my Server Settings for the POP mail and my Outgoin > > > Server SMPT settings? > > > > Being a bit more specific when you say "oddly", will help determine > > what's wrong and/or what to ask your ISP. Are you having trouble > > retrieving mail? Sending? Both? Typically, an "upgrade" shouldn't > > affect things like the server name, or properties, and shame on them if > > they've made actual *changes* and didn't tell their users how they'd be > > affected. In any case, if you're having problems sending, I might ask > > them if you now need to "POP before SMTP" in order to send mail. Many > > ISP's require that you login to retrieve your mail before you can send. > > I might also ask if they've switched to authenticated SMTP, which would > > require you to use a username and password associated with the SMTP > > server properties. > > I don't know much about this, but wouldn't SMTP AUTH be better than any sort > of login before SMTP scheme? > > Just curious. . . .
It seems to me that SMTP AUTH makes more sense from both a security and convenience perspective. Still, it seems a lot of ISP's and mail providers use POP before SMTP as a security measure or abuse prevention measure. I'd be interested to know the pros and cons of both as well. Mark -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
