Martin G. Diehl wrote: > Why would someone (for example, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > signup to an eMail list ... and then require authentication? > > Just curious ... >
Because it's easier to make mistakes than it is to make it work. My guess is pn-systeme.de recently decided to require authentication for mail sent by its users. In implementing this they probably screwed up and required it for mail sent to its users as well.