On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:53:18 +0530, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. spavri@vsnl.com wrote:
Hi,
This is about vsnl's new smtp authentication settings. As usual, they have only given instructions for outlook, outlook express and eudora and netscape. The chap on the helpdesk phone had no clue whatsoever as to what to do with linux or even what sort of authentication they were using.
If you use a linux box, one easy way to get away from client specific configuration is to use fetchmail and postfix relay.
fetchmail and postfix both understand smtp-auth and it is relatively painless to configure it as a local mail receiver and a sender. (fetchmail checks your pop and postfix relays the local mailq to the vnsl mail server with authorization)
So just let it run on your PC - possibly part of programs you run after the dial up has been established - and then let it check your mail. Postfix has a special delayed delivery configuration. On broadband it would be transparent.
you can then just use thunderbird, mozilla, pine, usermin etc to send/receive mail.
Adil.