Re: [cobalt-users] Outlook Express

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > I can send an email through my pop account on my RaQ3 if I use set Outlook
> > up to use that server.

> You can send an email through a pop account?  Wow! <smile>.
> Please teach us how.  The rest of us are stuck with SMTP.

Jeff, don't be so "I know it all"... it's not that funny.

Besides, even if it sounds very insane, some POP servers do allow
sending emails over the POP protocol.

Yep, I know it. It's not (RFC) standardized. But it has been used a lot in
the past. The command is called "XTND XMIT". It is available for
server software like:

        Qmail-pop3d
        Qualcomm Popper (qpopper)
        CommuniGatePro
        RhoneMail
        Stalker Internet Mail Server

You can use a client like Eudora for posting using the XTND XMIT
command.

It was used before "POP-before-Relay" became popular, and (I think)
still beats it in some ways (it's easy to use for the pop-user) - but
it isn't supported by most mail clients. The Right Thing (TM) today 
is to use SMTP AUTH.

I think it originates from the IBM OS/390, but I'm not sure of that.

You can read the specification of the command here:

http://musicm.mcgill.ca/~roy/http/pop3xtndxmit.html


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