On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Peter Holm wrote:

> Hi!
>
> >There is a delay before users are able to relay. After pop it takes 5 to
> >20 seconds before it is possible to send mail. This is long enough for
> >most clientsoftware that is able to pop-before-smtp to time out and
> >report en error.
>
> after testing a while now i can say now it seems to be like this:
>
> the point is, that it is not possible to use pop-before-smtp with the
> _same_ connection. So my observation of a delay was not based on any
> process that needs some time, but was made up by the fact, that you have
> to connect a _second_ time to use smtp, after data in pop-before-smtp.db
> has been updated - the outcome, of course, is the same: most clients
> fail with this and the whole thing looks like there is something
> wrong...
>

My guess is that your users are using Outlook or Outlook Express. There's
an option you can turn off that's enabled by default in these apps that
try to send before they pop. Once this is turned off operation will be as
you would expect. I can't give you the exact location of this option or
what it says as I don't have a box handy to test it on. Do a little
looking and you should find it.

-Mike Saunders
methodmethod.cx
http://www.method.cx/~method

> Of course I don´t know what is the reason for this behavior.
> But there must be another way.
> Can anybody tell me, how to get a fast, means
> with-one-connect-pop-before-smtp?
>
> Thank you very much for your attention,
> Peter
>
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