Re: Balsa, SMTP-password (fwd)

[Nathan Clemons <nathan thelinuxcommunity org>]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Carlos Morgado wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 16:40:03 Ian Campbell wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone know the answer to this one? (SMTP auth..)
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:14:46 +0200
> > From: Jens Rathmann <rathmann@uni.de>
> > To: hector@scouts-es.org, ijc25@cam.ac.uk, jpaint@gimp.org
> > Subject: Balsa, SMTP-password
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Short question concerning Balsa (I have version 0.9.4):
> > 
> > I want to use a remote SMTP-Server to send my mail, but my mailprovider
> > wants me to authenticate via password to use SMTP. Under Netscape Mail a
> > box pops up every first time I want to send a mail and I've to enter the
> > password for the SMTP server.
> > 
> 
> ops, rfc 2554, ESTMP AUTH extension. uses SASL (rfc2222), the same used for
> IMAP. so, once we get all the imap magic in, this should be a simple hack.
> maybe i should look into the mutt archives :)
> 
> 

It's not just SASL (though that's what makes sense). There are different
types of SMTP AUTH, including plain (blech, what POP3 uses), and
differring forms of encryption.

If your IP is static, your mail provider should be able to relay mail from
your domain from your IP as well... SMTP AUTH is pretty new, and while
cool, I can't see many people enforcing its use at this time. The client
support just isn't quite all there yet (Eudora just recently added support
for it).

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