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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: smtp ioslave.. question..
From:       Simon Josefsson <sj () extundo ! com>
Date:       2000-11-26 12:54:40
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Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net> writes:

> > Not sure about the ESMTP goodies though (what are they?) :-)
> 
> Pipelining commands you only wait for a response once total, instead of
> waiting after each of the recipients.
> 
> Being able to specify the size of a message beforehand, so you'll be able
> to tell if the server will accept it or not.
> 
> Being able to choose what kind of and how much error/status notification
> you want back.
> 
> And by the looks of it.. 8-bit MIME encoding.

Don't forget authentication (SMTP AUTH and STARTTLS).  Many people
must authenticate to the SMTP server in order to be able to send mail
at all.

References:

SMTP authentication: RFC 2554
STARTTLS for SMTP: RFC 2246, RFC 2595

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