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Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.



I am not clear on what the issue is with Microsoft outlook or outlook
express. We seem to be running them okay.  Can someone tell me if we are
looking for trouble running either of these email clients. We have installed
pop before smtp.
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil J. Kemp <guyver@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: neil@xxxxxxxxxx <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.


>hehe it IS installed! ;-) It works perfectly if the user checks mail
>before sending (as it should) but the Microsoft tick box for
>authentication doesn't work so I can only presume Microsoft isn't doing a
>POP3 but rather something else.
>
>On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, SeniorCareHelp wrote:
>
>> Ahoy
>>
>> You must first install the pop-before-smtp patch on the server. Why it
does
>> not come installed by default is beyond me.
>>
>> Aloha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Neil J. Kemp <guyver@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: neil@xxxxxxxxxx <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 11:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.
>>
>>
>> >I use Outlook 2000 and it also has a box for requires authentication and
I
>> >fill in all the details (same as POP3) but it never works. Yet pop
before
>> >SMTP DOES work on the server. (?)
>> >
>> >On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, WebMost wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ahoy
>> >>
>> >> It means that the email client must check for mail before it sends
mail.
>> >> When it checks for email, the client has to present its password to
>> verify
>> >> that you are authorized to use this email server.
>> >>
>> >> The purpose is to authenticate the sender, by identifying him as an
>> >> authorized receiver, so that Joe Spammer cannot send 500,000 emails
using
>> >> your server.
>> >>
>> >> In Outlook Express, you can click Tools on the menu bar, then click
>> Accounts
>> >> on the drop-down, then highlight the account, then click the
Properties
>> >> button, then click the Servers tab, then check "My server requires
>> >> authentication"
>> >>
>> >> For the Raq2, oddly, POP before SMTP is not included by default. You
must
>> >> download it at ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/contrib/binaries/, then
>> install
>> >> it via the control panel.
>> >>
>> >> Aloha and Melly Kalikimake
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Genesisbae@xxxxxxx <Genesisbae@xxxxxxx>
>> >> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 10:52 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >can someone tell me what is "pop before smtp"?
>> >> >
>> >> >Is it something that I can fix or change at conf files?
>> >> >
>> >> >Genesis
>> >> >
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