Am Montag, den 17.07.2006, 02:54 -0700 schrieb Norman Maurer (JIRA): > Add Support for POP-before-SMTP (roaming users)
> We should add support for pop-before-smtp. This is a common and often used > technic to authenticate users before allow them to send an email to an > external address. The question is why is it still often used. There are two reasons for using pop-before-smtp: 1. the client does not support SMTP-AUTH 2. the server does not support SMTP-AUTH pop-before-smtp has always been a workaround and it has drawbacks for the user. (Some clients try to first send and the receive when going online) James supports SMTP-AUTH. Are there really clients, that still don't support it? I guess the reason why pop-before-smtp still is used so often is because administrators don't want to change their approved setup. And e.g. widely used MTA qmail still doesn't support SMTP-AUTH without a patch! IMHO there is no demand for it, but I may be wrong . Joachim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
