Re: [tlug] Re: 'Postfix' as SMTP AUTH Client

[Shimpei Yamashita <shimpei@example.com>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 04:05:45PM +0900,
Dennis McMurchy wrote:
>   Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it makes any sense at all to
> require users who are already connected to the ISP to authenticate 
> themselves in this way to the mailserver?  I don't quite see the point,
> myself, but I may just be missing something obvious (again).

That's because--assuming you're using GOL's Flet's-somethingortheother
service--you are, in fact, NOT directly connected to GOL's own network. A
traceroute to smtp.gol.com should be very revealing.

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Shimpei Yamashita                               http://www.shimpei.org/
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