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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Another kmail thought...
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       2000-03-10 8:57:02
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Stefan Taferner wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, Martin Konold wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Mario Weilguni wrote:
> > > > > I'm currently implementing APOP support for kmail, and SSL may come
> > > > > too...
> > > >
> > > > How about authenticated SMTP servers? I don't know of a description
> > > > URL, but there are some that require, for example, that you connect to
> > > > the POP server first, and then use SMTP to send.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a brain dead invention to me  ;-)
> >
> > No, it does make sense in several cases.
> 
> Authentication makes of course sense.
> I only ask myself why this was not done by an extra SMTP command.
> 
> Yes, yes, of course this requires protocol extension. But it would be much
> cleaner than a quick-and-dirty hack. Even if the hack works.

This way is cheaper. And all you need to do usually is make the client
check-then-send instead of send-then-check

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