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Re: SMTP AUTH


From: Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:34:22 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 2 May 2005, David Lesher wrote:

Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:

Better yet, try to name 16 mail clients people _actually use_ which
DON'T, other than MUA-only programs like mailx and mutt with no SMTP
support at all. When I worked at a mediumish sized hosting company with
probably well over 100k mail users, I can't _ever_ recall hearing about
a complaint of a customer using a mail client that didn't support SMTP
auth.

Where are all these ISPs requiring SMTP AUTH. I don't see them, anywhere.

This same story was given about Pop-before-SMTP in 1997.  Supposedly, 
"everyone did it", but only a few small companies actually did it.

                --Dean


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