On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 11:44:09AM +1300, Bjorn Nilsen wrote:
> smtp-poplock is just another implementation of "pop before smtp" which I
> already have with vpopmail. I will explain in more detail why this solution
> doesn't work for me. Many mail clients the default or only action is to send
> mail before checking mail. So what happens is the mail client happily sends
> all mail in the outbox then checks there mail via pop. This works fine until
> all that mail just sent gets bounced right back from the smtp server because
> the mail client had not authenticated with pop first allowing them relay
> access. Then I end up with a very annoyed and confused user (is there any
> other kind?). So the best solution I can see for this is smtp auth.
Not all clients out are supporting smtp-auth (unfortunately). If your
clients are employees, this is fixable, if they are customers, i don't see
an alternative to smtp after pop - smtp auth additionally is a good idea.
> Also another question with qmail-smtp-auth if a host is already set up as a
> relay client do they need to still provide a login password to get relay
> access?
no.
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