Re: [Exim] SMTP after POP3

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Author: Georg Köstler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP after POP3
Steve Thomas wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 06:30:21PM +0200, Georg Köstler is rumored to have

said:
>
>>I know there are better ways to relay users email, but due to firewall
>>concerns, I need this to implement this mechanism. I guess the POP-Server
>
>
>Is there a reason you can't do SMTP AUTH? It uses the same port (25) as a

regular SMTP transaction, with the added step of authenticating the user.
>
>


As it looks like, the firewall/proxy inserts some kind of
Generic-SMTP-Handler,
which does not allow for, say, "advanced" features.
I would prefer smtp-auth either.

Georg

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