Brian Pinkney wrote:
> > I want to know the easiest and way to setup username/password
authenication
> > with my smtp server. Are there any suggestions? Preferably something
> > compatible with outlook express' protocol.
Erwin Hoffman wrote:
> SMTP is a host-to-host protocol, not a user-to-user application.
> Outlook express is a Remote User Agent using POP3 or IMAP4.
> What you are looking for is probably "POP-before-SMTP".
> Look for that buzzword.
That's not entirely accurate.
First, POP and IMAP are protocols for retrieving email. Outlook Express,
and indeed any mail user agent, still has to use SMTP for sending email.
Second, SMTP can be made to require user authentication before this sending
is possible, thanks to a protocol extention known as the AUTH command.
There are a couple of patches to qmail that offer SMTP AUTH; check
www.qmail.org and the list archives for details.
---Kris Kelley
