SMTP receive as well as send

[John W. Baxter]

In article <39e8ce9c at news.server.worldonline.co.uk>, "Phil Harris" 
<phil.harris at zope.co.uk> wrote:

> I may be talking out of the hole where the sun don't shine here, so 
> someone
> correct me if I'm wrong, but:
> 
> SMTP is only for sending, isn't it?
> POP3 is only for receiving, isn't it?
> 
> 
Yes, but...

Some POP3 servers can be induced to act as if they handled the sending 
side (recent qpopper versions from Qualcomm, for example).  I say "as if 
they handled" because they seem to accept the message, and pass it along 
to the SMTP server for action (and the version we have installed leaves 
a stray file behind per message).  At least, the log entries are made by 
the SMTP server.

On the Mac version of Eudora, I don't see a way to configure this, even 
with the esoteric settings plugin installed.  It's probably available in 
one of the <blah blah> things.

On the Windows version, one edits a configuration file to turn this on.  
I've messed with it in the Windows version (to be sure we could support 
it...it works but is a bit of a pain).

I don't see a setting for it in Mac Outlook Express. 

   --John

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John W. Baxter   Port Ludlow, WA USA  jwbnews at scandaroon.com