Greg Cirino - Cirelle Enterprises wrote:
| > -----Original Message----- | > From: Bart Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > POP-before-SMTP requires no special client support. Just check your | > > mail before you send any. There is no "problem" to discuss.
SMTP-AUTH is a much better solution than P-b4-S and is more secure
Greg
We run an ISP, and have used a combination of pop-before-smtp and SMTP-AUTH for the last several years. We use both because customers are simply ineducable. When we can, we instruct folks to authenticate.
We have not experienced race conditions.
Since the tool tails a log file it is easy to tweak to parse the output from an imap (pop-before-smtp simply being a shorter name than parse-logfile-for-successful-authentication-under-other-protocol-before-allowing-smtp).
Yes, many clients attempt to send before a pop; but believe it or not, the customers seem to prefer clicking "send/receive" twice rather than call us and learn.
-- eric
