On 2/5/2013 12:29 PM, Bill Cole wrote: > The intrinsically bad idea of SMTPS died before ever being anything > like a standard, and only survived as a zombie protocol because MS > jumped on it without thinking.
That's a little harsh. There is nothing wrong with smtps, any more than https is wrong. And a zombie is a great metaphor -- it's dead, but still stumbles around refusing to be buried. If you want to bury it, prepare to defend yourself. > The bottom line is that anyone still running a version of OE that > can't handle standard submission That's just one use case. Unfortunately, there is current software that perpetuate the hoax. -- Noel Jones
