On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Roman V. Isaev wrote:
>
> I see there are some pop3-before-smtp authentication patches.
> But using pop3 before sending mail is awkward. So... why nobody
> thought about a patch using a password in user's e-mail? :)
> Any MUA allows user to enter his e-mail. ANY. Let's use it!
> password#username@host. Check that password at mail from: point,
> receive message if user's password is okay, strip password# from
> all headers and continue the work...
>
> What's wrong with this idea? I think I'm inventing a bicycle,
> but there must be a good reason to reject it...
Besides having a plaintext password flow between any computers between
their isp and the smtp server, none that immediately come to mind.
AOL(for instance) --> x computers/routers/etc --> server
.Shawn
