On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:55:57 -0700, you wrote:
>I receive the following message when the Logon Using Secure Password
>Authentication is checked when using Outlook 2000 to access my qpopper 4.0.3
>server that is configured for using APOP:
>
>Unable to logon to the server using Distibuted Password Authentication.
>Server Response '.'. (Account: mail.mydomain.com POP3 Server
>Error number: 0x800ccc18)
>
>When I turn this checkbox off, my /var/log/maillog contains a message that
>states I must use AUTH SCRAM-MD5 or APOP. What am I doing wrong??
>
>Does Outlook 2000 support APOP ???
>
>I'd like to provide a more secure way to authenticate my users besides clear
>text.
>I might venture into SSL or something, but I've never used SSL or TLS with
>email before.
>
>Any advice on these questions would very much be appreciated!!
>
>Thanks!
>
OE doesn't do APOP. You might find this page useful (it's for Sendmail, but
it's still helpful):
http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/mel/SASL_ClientRef.html
FP
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