Am Mi, den 14.01.2004 schrieb Roger Grosswiler um 15:02: [ snip ] > hello, > > i had the same and never really got it working at 100%. maybe this was, > because i was changing from smtp-auth to pop-before-smtp > authentification-method. > > unfortunately, this is not built-in, you need a additional package, but it > is installed within 5-10 minutes....AND IT WORKS! > > you can get pop-before-smtp on http://www.sourceforge.net (works also with > imap. > > It's just another method to authenticate.... POP-before-SMTP is not a real solution. It was a former kind of hack when many clients had not the possibility to activate SMTP AUTH. But nowadays SMTP AUTH should be used as POP-before-SMTP has some disadvantages. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653