Re: [OT] authenticate with email server
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texte = MARK BERGKVIST wrote: > > My email is done through my ISP (Covad) who has recently blocked open relays > with their Email servers. Good for them! I guess the threats to flag all of the COVAD netblocks being as spamhosts actually paid off... > Emails from webcatalog are now being bounced into > the problem email folder. Covad says I must authenticate with my user name > and password. I am running Windows 2000 server, IIS & Webcatalog 3.0.8. > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this? Yes, don't use your ISP's SMTP server. IIS comes with a workable SMTP engine. You are probably even running it now and you don't realize it. Make sure the SMTP service is running on the localhost (127.0.0.1) interface only (so that _you_ are not an open relay), and then put that IP address in the WebCatalog Prefs file... HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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MARK BERGKVIST wrote: > > My email is done through my ISP (Covad) who has recently blocked open relays > with their Email servers. Good for them! I guess the threats to flag all of the COVAD netblocks being as spamhosts actually paid off... > Emails from webcatalog are now being bounced into > the problem email folder. Covad says I must authenticate with my user name > and password. I am running Windows 2000 server, IIS & Webcatalog 3.0.8. > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this? Yes, don't use your ISP's SMTP server. IIS comes with a workable SMTP engine. You are probably even running it now and you don't realize it. Make sure the SMTP service is running on the localhost (127.0.0.1) interface only (so that _you_ are not an open relay), and then put that IP address in the WebCatalog Prefs file... HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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