[Tickets #12255] Re: SMTP authentication broken

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12255
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  Ticket             | 12255
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | SMTP authentication broken
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 6.1.0beta2
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2013-05-17 12:34) wrote:

>> Which makes sense.  Imagine a scenario where you authenticate to a
>> SMTP server for Horde authentication, but don't need any
>> authentication for SMTP mailing.  If you automatically populate this
>> field with authentication credentials, as you suggest, this is not
>> possible.
>
> The above makes zero sense to me. Why would anyone bother to setup  
> authentication on a SMTP server, but not require it for relaying mail?

Agreed. If people don't want to use authentication, they don't have  
to. If they need per-user authentication for SMTP, using the current  
authentication credentials is the only thing that makes sense. And  
it's worked this way since ever.