Authentication with E-Mail system v2

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  1. Aristotle

    Aristotle

    If you are sending email with any mail component from our web servers, we recommend using 'localhost' as the SMTP server instead, which does not need authentication.

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    Aristotle, Oct 19, 2006
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  2. wisemx

    wisemx

    Thanks for the response. [​IMG]

    After testing I can saythat both methods do work.

    This leavesme with animportant question. . .

    For most functions I am using localhost, for ASP and ASP.NET.
    However for areas where weare usingadditional protection, i.e. File uploads, doesn't the Authentication method give us an extra level of protection against spoofing?
     
    wisemx, Oct 19, 2006
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  3. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    > However for areas where weare usingadditional protection, i.e. File uploads, doesn't the Authentication method give us an extra level of protection against spoofing?


    Nope...
    SMTP auth basically authenticates the sending application's identity (ie. your web app). You do not get increased security because the user/password is hardcoded in your application and it doesn't care where the request is coming from, nor the sender address, email content, etc.

    Post Edited By Moderator (mjp) : 10/20/2006 12:10:01 AM GMT
     
    Bruce, Oct 19, 2006
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  4. wisemx

    wisemx

    If you're using the Persists E-Mail components and your DASP hosted site is migrated to the new E-Mail server you'll need to add Authenticationwith these two lines:

    Mail.Username = "someone@yoursite.com"
    Mail.Password = "ThatSomeonesEmailPassword"
     
    wisemx, Oct 19, 2006
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