Lazy network operators

Thu Apr 15 18:53:20 UTC 2004

JA> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:07:30 -0400
JA> From: Joe Abley

JA> There's a slight wrinkle with that for people who want to
JA> submit mail over SSL.
JA>
JA> Several graphical, consumer-grade mail clients let you select
JA> a port for "outgoing mail (SMTP)" and also have a checkbox
JA> for "use a secure connection (SSL)".

It gets worse:  OE/Outlook offer a "use Secure Password Auth"
option, which is _not_ SSL.

Although SMTP auth is orthogonal to SSL, they tend to be used
together.  When Netscape Communicator 4.7 is offered the chance
to authenticate, it _insists_ on authenticating.

Then certain Eudora versions have quirks IIRC...

Eddy
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