[access-uk] Re: Pop before SMTP

  • From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:36:03 -0000

Thanks everyone, this is just a classic case of me making things more
complicated than they need to be!  The actual option is just called 'My
Server Requires authentication' - or something similar - and in my case I
just used the same credentials for the smtp server and it worked fine.

James
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pop before SMTP


> Hi,
>
> Pop before SMTP is used on roming accounts where the IP address you
> connect from is not in the relay list.  The client logs on via POP, and
> the current IP address gets added to the relay list for a short period,
> which is why it is called POP before SMTP.  As you have to authenticate
> with POP, you are classed as a trusted users.  The disadvantages are
> though that if someone else gets your IP address, then it causes issues,
> plus, if you are behind one public IP address, anyone in the
> building/location can gain access to the relay service, which is why
> SMTP authentication is becoming more widely used.
>
> It is still quite popular, however.
>
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Tristram Llewellyn
> Sent: 01 February 2005 17:01
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pop before SMTP
>
> You only authenticate with most pop3 system when logging onto the POP3
> server.  SMTP does not not usually require authentication.  Can you send
> a message to yourself and recieve it?
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sight and Sound Technology
> Technical Support
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:43 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Pop before SMTP
>
>
> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know how to make Outlook Express do a Pop authentication
> before
> attempting to send e-mail?  If I connect to my mail server with messages
> in
> my outbox it tries to send them before receiving the messages that are
> there
> and so I get an error - or at least I think this is what is causing the
> problem!
>
> Thanks
>
> James
>
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