Re: [Exim] Using IMAP protocol to SEND email ??

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Author: Peter Galbavy
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To: Marc Perkel
CC: Patrick von der Hagen, exim-users
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Marc Perkel wrote:
> The are a couple of downsides to SMTP AUTH. First - Port 25 blocking is
> common - so you can't connect to something to auth in the first place.
> And the other problem is that you have to authenticate separately to a
> different process.

Isn't that what the MSA port is for ? Yes, I am aware of the variety of
application stupidities out there - but they are as easy to solve
(easier, if you believe in standards) than adding
message-submission-over-imap to clients.

Peter


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