[REBOL] Re: SMTP authentication - the answer - but another question
From: bobr:dprc at: 20-Apr-2001 6:09
nick I would like a temp acct too.
I have a eudora that supports "authenticted" smtp.
If it works, I can trace the IP packets and see
what it takes.
At 08:34 AM 4/20/01 +0800, you wrote:
>Scott,
>
>Very many thanks for the offer, however, did you see Holger's response -
>
>#Of sorts, yes. There are five different incompatible formats, not
># all of which are documented...
>
># We will probably add support in the next Core release.
>
>I guess I can wait unless you still feel like the challenge! Either way, I
>will set up a POP account for you and email you the details in about 12
>hours when I get back from work (I'm in Malaysia - GMT+8)
>
>Nick.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]On Behalf Of
>GS Jones
>Sent: 20 April 2001 02:33
>To: [rebol-list--rebol--com]
>Subject: [REBOL] Re: SMTP authentication - the answer - but another
>question
>
>From: "Nick Kitson"
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > I'm now confused again - my Outlook (12/98) & Outlook Express (4/99) have
> > both implemented SMTP authentication and work successfully with my
> > authenticating servers. MS are not known to lead the pack in this area so
> > surely there is standardisation of sorts, (even if it is MS sorts)
> >
> > Nick.
>
>Good point. Looks like I've been busted again!
>
>Actually, I was not trying to imply that there was some major mystery.
>Assuming exactly what you have surmised, out of curiosity, I went looking
>for the RFC that covered the arena and was surprised by what I found
>(namely, there is no single standard). My guess was that RT didn't really
>want to get into an area that hadn't solidified. It was just a guess,
>though, and as any frequent reader of this list knows, I'm willing to
>publically guess and am sometimes wrong (OK --- it can be frequent some
>weeks ;-) .
>
>What I did with APOP was Telnet to the account and watch the prompts that
>come up. Then its a matter of matching the prompts with the next steps
>needed to do business. Before I made yet another lame offer, I did a little
>homework and realized that there probably is a good reason that RT hasn't
>already done it. But I don't know.
>
>I'm no expert at REBOL, and in fact I'm not even particularly real good at
>it. But I've got moxie, and that seemed to be a good thing in the old
>movies. And I'm too dumb to know when to quit, so I usually end up getting
>things done. When I looked through the list archives and saw that half a
>dozen people had asked the same question you asked, I was puzzled why the
>real whizzes didn't just whip something up. But they haven't, and it sounds
>like RT is up to their eyeballs just keeping their product rollouts going.
>
>The problem doesn't seem like it should be that hard, just potentially
>messy, especially for a nice, well-factored solution. If you've got no
>other takers, I'll give it a crack. I just need the temporary account in
>order to see how your service does it. No promises, though, on being able
>to deliver a solution.
>
>--Scott Jones
>
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