RE: Re: Sharing

Where is this index you say to open. I would use the url for now.
I cannot find it.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Panico [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 6:08 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [pixory-beta] Re: Sharing
> 
> 
> Gil,
> 
> You're right-- I didn't get the invite.
> 
> But at this point, it's clear that the problem is not really in
> Pixory. Your ISP is doing something weird. There is some reason why
> your ISP is deciding to silently eat mail sent from Pixory.
> 
> I spoke with my email guru. He said that a very small number of ISPs
> use a strange technology called something like "pop-before-smtp
> authentication". This mechanism could result in the server silently
> eating sent messages. Here is one (you should be able to find many
> more) random reference that describes the phenomenon.
> 
> http://www.azc.com/htmls/faqs/pop_before_smtp.html
> 
> Basically, smtp started out as an open relay mechanism. So, before
> *real* smtp authentication was standardized, somebody had the bright
> idea to couple smtp relay (send) to require previous pop
> authentication, because pop always requires authentication. Apparently
> some of the major mail clients (like Outlook) support this mechanism,
> but it's not something that I have the time or inclination to build
> into Pixory.
> 
> You should check with customer support for your ISP (they probably
> have a website and faq that you could start with). If you can't find
> the information your looking for, give them a call and explain the
> problem.
> 
> A couple of possible workarounds:
> 
> 1) It is possible that your server does support real smtp
> authentication, but you just don't know it. Try turning on the
> authentication in Pixory, supply a username and password, and see if
> you can get it to work.
> 
> 2) You can send out invites manually (you won't get nice html invites
> with cover photo though). Open the Album Index for the album you want
> to generate invite for. Copy the URL for that page-- it is a static
> URL that will not change. Mail that URL to your audience. You do not
> need to make the album public for this to work. Only the people who
> receive the URL will be able to access the album.
> 
> Sorry I couldn't be more help, but this problem is beyond my ingenuity
> to solve.
> 
> In the not-too-distant future, pixory will support a new sharing
> mechanism that will allow password protecting albums, so that only
> people who have been granted access to an album will be able to view.
> This could also solve your problem.
> 
> Let me know if you make any new discoveries.
> 
> regards,
> 
> joe
> 
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