Re: [cobalt-users] RE: SMTP for everyone

["Brad Rathbun" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have POP before SMTP set up on my server, so take what I say with a
grain of salt......

I know this thread has bounced back and forth about how to "trick" Outlook
Express and Outlook into popping before sending email. And then it
progressed from there.....

I use both of these products and I have not seen this behaviour on either of
them. I have accounts on other servers that require me to POP before SMTP
and it works fine. No tricks. No settings changes. No fake accounts. Maybe
the older versions didn't do it, but Outlook Express 5 and Outlook 2000 both
seem to work quite well for this. You might suggest an upgrade to your
customers if all else fails?

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Brad Rathbun
Follow the Leader! CompuTech Internet Services

> I have to agree with this thread as we don't have a permanent connection
to
> the internet in the UK as we are still paying for local phone
calls(although
> this is changing slowly), so a client will log on to receive his email,
then
> disconnect, read, do other admin and then reply to his email by which time
> the server has dropped his authentication and I receive the complaint that
> the email is not working.... It seems strange and slightly 'left field'
that
> you would need to create two email accounts , one for receiving and
another
> to send email when we are trying to keep things simple and efficient.
>