Re: pop3 DRAC

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> Bon nuit!
> 
> Quoting Alain Magloire <address@hidden>, who wrote:
> > I got a couple of pings from people asking if
> > DRAC (Dynamic Relay Authorization Control)
> > is supported in mailutils.
> > 
> > http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca/drac/
> > 
> > I've never use DRAC, anybody knows if it is
> > widely use?  Is there an RFC for this ?
> > I could not find any on the subject.
> 
> I've heard of ISPs where you had to authenticate using
> POP, before sending using SMTP, but I hadn't heard it
> give such a nice name.
> 
> As far as I know there is no RFC, and I'd be really surprised
> if there ever was. It can't be standardized, it's a back door
> so that a client doesn't have to use SMTP AUTH (RFC2554).
> 
> Any idea what people want from it?

Dunno, but I received a total of 4 queries about this,
asking if GNU mailutils pop3d is or will be supporting DRAC.

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alain