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Re: Lazy network operators
From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace () attglobal net>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:26:10 -0400
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:09:39 +0000 (UTC), Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
You, sure, how about the people who are not really computer literate and use SMTP AUTH to send their mail from various places? Remember that convinience almost always outweighs security with the general population. If it wouldn´t, the ICT market would not look like it looks today.That was solved 6 years ago. You let them use port 587 instead of 25. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2476.html
Another datapoint. That may have been "solved 6 years ago" in theory, but in practice it is not and that needs to be addressed before one can point the unwashed masses to this option. I am rumoured to be literate computer user and after many months of trying I cannot find a combination of providers and software which will accomplish this for me. I travel a lot and need this service. I have read rfc2476.html. Jeffrey Race
Current thread:
- Re: Lazy network operators, (continued)
- Re: Lazy network operators Joe Maimon (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators E.B. Dreger (Apr 15)
- Re: Lazy network operators Miquel van Smoorenburg (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators daryl (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators Petri Helenius (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Vivien M. (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators daryl (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michael . Dillon (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators Dr. Jeffrey Race (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators Daniel Senie (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michel Py (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michael . Dillon (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michel Py (Apr 14)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michel Py (Apr 14)
- Re: Lazy network operators Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS (Apr 15)
- Re: Lazy network operators John Payne (Apr 15)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michel Py (Apr 16)
- RE: Lazy network operators Michel Py (Apr 17)