Re: Lazy network operators

["Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace () attglobal net>]

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