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>    I have my personal domain hosted with a company several hundred
> miles away, which in the past wasn't a big deal at all.  However, spam-
> fighting efforts eventually led to almost all ISP's adopting POP-before-
> SMTP authentication... you have to check mail through POP before you
> can send mail through the server, to ensure that you're authorized to
> use their SMTP resources.

>    The problem is that I prefer using the IMAP protocol to check my
> email... and there doesn't seem to be an IMAP-first authentication
> scheme to compliment POP-first.  As such, if you're not able to use POP-
> first authentication... then you need to use your own LAN or dial-in
> ISP's SMTP server for outgoing mail.  If you bounce around between
> multiple offices and home, then changing your profile or account
> settings every time you want to check mail can be ridiculous.

>    What I'm looking for is some kind of email client that can use IMAP
> for message retrieval... and then a quick POP-authentication (not
> actually downloading any messages) before sending with SMTP.  Anything
> cross platform, "Linux and MS-Windows" (Java-based?) would be lovely
> icing on the cake... assuming that such a solution exists in the first
> place.

>    Anyone know of an email client that flexible?

> <snip!>
> > What I'm looking for is some kind of email client that can use IMAP
> >for message retrieval... and then a quick POP-authentication (not
> >actually downloading any messages) before sending with SMTP. Anything
> >cross platform, "Linux and MS-Windows" (Java-based?) would be lovely
> >icing on the cake... assuming that such a solution exists in the
first
> >place.

> > Anyone know of an email client that flexible?

> nope, but you could write a very simple java client to log into the
pop server,
> then use whatever separate SMTP client you want afterwards.

> To pop-authenticate, you'd only need a few lines to:

> create a socket to the pop server
> use an input stream to read the greeting
> use an output stream to send two lines: USER and PASS

> you'd only need to install the earliest jvm to handle this task on
any machines
> that don't need a jvm for any other reason; or you could look into
using a
> browser and the plugin to get out of the sandbox...

> or even use any old telnet client with a script to log in with
> ===

> Regards,

> Ken Kalish

> There is no java cartel.

>deja.com>

>> <snip!>
>> > What I'm looking for is some kind of email client that can use IMAP
>> >for message retrieval... and then a quick POP-authentication (not
>> >actually downloading any messages) before sending with SMTP. Anything
>> >cross platform, "Linux and MS-Windows" (Java-based?) would be lovely
>> >icing on the cake... assuming that such a solution exists in the
>first
>> >place.

>> > Anyone know of an email client that flexible?

>> nope, but you could write a very simple java client to log into the
>pop server,
>> then use whatever separate SMTP client you want afterwards.

>> To pop-authenticate, you'd only need a few lines to:

>> create a socket to the pop server
>> use an input stream to read the greeting
>> use an output stream to send two lines: USER and PASS

>> you'd only need to install the earliest jvm to handle this task on
>any machines
>> that don't need a jvm for any other reason; or you could look into
>using a
>> browser and the plugin to get out of the sandbox...

>> or even use any old telnet client with a script to log in with
>> ===

>> Regards,

>> Ken Kalish

>> There is no java cartel.

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