From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/33720 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stainless Steel Rat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: smtp authentication (sendmail relay) Date: 17 Dec 2000 11:34:06 -0500 Organization: The Happy Fun Ball Brigade Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <200012170829.eBH8T2Z30966@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035169772 26575 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:09:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from lisa.math.uh.edu (lisa.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.49]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B70CD049D for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:34:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by lisa.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAB27516; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:34:33 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:33:53 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03367 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:33:42 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from peorth.gweep.net (h0060978d8c91.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.75.115]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C40FCD049D for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:34:06 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by peorth.gweep.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA01346; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:34:06 -0500 Original-To: "(ding)" X-Attribution: Rat In-Reply-To: Harry Putnam's message of "Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:29:02 -0800 (PST)" Original-Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Channel Islands) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33720 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33720 * Harry Putnam on Sun, 17 Dec 2000 | In fact, not really sure where those smtp negotiations get handled. If newsguy is doing what I suspect they are doing, they don't. Authenticated SMTP hooks into POP authentication. When you authenticate yourself to the POP server, a flag is set that allows you to use that host's SMTP server to relay mail. That flag is cleared after some set period. It is probably a bit more complex than this, but this is what the end users see. -- Rat \ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration.