On Thu, 24 May 2001, Mitch Halmu wrote:
I will give you a solid reason why we won't try this, quoting research with POP-before-SMTP conducted by the founder of MAPS TSI, Chip Rosenthal http://users.laserlink.net/~chip/relay-pres-9910/
You don't have to believe me that our clients will not accept that, take his words instead:
"Our users hated it - particularly those using MS Outlook"
No need to describe what happens when your clients hate your service...
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