On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Kenneth Porter wrote:
--On Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:37 AM -0700 Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Why not just eliminate the SMTP protocol for end users and keep SMTP as a
server to server protocol and have users send theit email to the server
by extending POP/IMAP to send email.
What's your objection to authenticated SMTP? It already exists, and clients
support it. All my users use it.
About the only hitch is that I have to configure the server twice in Mozilla.
(It would be nice to have a checkbox to say that the SMTP info is the same as
the IMAP info, except for port number.)
It's not my favorite MUA, but that already exists in MS Outlook.
It has a checkbox exactly like that labelled "Use same settings
as my incoming mail server."
What might really be nice is some sort of language that could
be used to write up a document to configure a mail client for a
given ISP and user. It could configure all necessary settings
and would work with any client, making this a one-step process
even if 10 or 20 different settings have to be entered.
- Logan
