> > That's good to know.  :)  It seemed like Gmail was doing their own thing   
    > > as far as email reader access (nervously reminiscent of Microsoft not   
    > > following standards), so it's good to know that they've started using the   
    > > standard SMTP and POP3 protocols.   
    >    
    > They always were following standards, and required authentication for   
    > relay. The difference is now they're requiring the use of SMTP+SSL/TLS for   
    > authenticated sends... (Port 465, which is what I have setup on my own mail   
    > server).   
      
   Ah, that's good to know.   
      
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