Re5: weird problem....

At 11:53 AM -0700 6/9/03, Glenn A. Bookout wrote:

Anita:

On 06/09/2003 11:06 USA PT (-0800), anita@xxxxxxxxx ( Anita Holmgren ),
wrote...

We have a new POP-before-SMTP module that completely eliminates this
problem.  The updated module will be part of a free Post.Office

 >update expected shortly.
   Great!

>One fallout of the new POP-before-SMTP architecture is that it

imposes the limitation that the users pop log in must be the same as
his email address.

   Hmmm, what does "users pop log in must be the same as his email
address" mean exactly ( examples please, and I'm not sure I'm going to
like the answer )?


POP login name: glenn
Email address: glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  -> MATCH!

POP login name: glenn
Email address: gblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  ->  Not a Match!

All this means is that for cases where there is no match, you can't use the POP0-before-SMTP as a mechanism to gain access to an authorized system. You will have to use another mechanism, such as SMTP-Auth.

 > To accomodate users that can't live with this
 >restriction, we implemeted SMTP-Auth, which will be part of the

upcoming release.

   Is SMTP-Auth compatible w/ the old APOP login ( used by Emailer )?  I
still have some clients that swear by Emailer ( including myself when in
9/Classic ).

My understanding is that SMTP-Auth is different from APOP. None of these mechanisms interfere with one another.

   Also, can any of these "new" features be implemented on a user-by-user
basis?

I think it's even better than that. Users can take advantage of any features they want. If a user has a mail client that supports SMTP-Auth, then that mechanism will be invoked. The same user, another time, using another mail client from a different location, could gain access via POP-before-SMTP. Another user could be denied by POP-before-SMTP, but could gain access via SMTP-Auth. And a user local to the mail server would not need either of these mechanisms.

-Anita

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