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Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm
From: |
Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:29:50 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
"Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu>
writes:
>>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Hall <hall.cj@verizon.net> writes:
>> Switched ISP's a while back, requires SMTP AUTH, I had been using
>> other mail clients, they no problem w/SMTP AUTH.
>
> Could anybody give me the skinny about "why would an ISP require SMTP AUTH" ?
Isn't the answer the same as why authentication is required it all, in
any protocol?
If you are thinking that ISPs should use IP based ACLs to allow
relaying for their customers, it's not going to work with todays
computer habits (people travel with their laptop and expect the mail
server to continue to work).
- Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Chris Hall, 2003/01/28
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/01/28
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Kai Großjohann, 2003/01/28
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, 2003/01/28
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Chris Hall, 2003/01/29
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm,
Simon Josefsson <=
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/29
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, 2003/01/30
- Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/30
Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm, Martin Stemplinger, 2003/01/28