From: Alex Satrapa (alex.satrapaapf.edu.au)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2006 - 17:13:05 CST

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On 16 Nov 2006, at 08:56, Sandy Drobic wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
>> Completely agreed. SMTP-AUTH *is* the "proper" way. POP-before-
>> SMTP is
>> just a way for him to make do, get a working solution, and get things
>> running.
>
> My argument is robustness, people try to send mail and get a
> reject, then they grab the phone and start pestering the support.

I agree with Sandy here. Don't use "stopgap" measures on production
systems. You'll spend every waking moment supporting the stopgap
measure and never have time to get the "proper" system in place. The
time it takes to set up TSL and SASLAUTH is far less than you'll
waste implementing POP-before-SMTP and then telling people how it's
supposed to work.

Alex

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