Re: POP handling commands given in wrong state

At 6:17 AM -0700 7/26/11, Randall Gellens wrote:

>  Per RFC 3206, the server should issue the AUTH-RESP-CODE capability 
> tag, indicating "that the server includes the AUTH response code 
> with any authentication error caused by a problem with the user's 
> credentials" and then in the case you cite, don't issue the AUTH 
> response code in an -ERR response to USER.
>
>  By issuing the AUTH response code and then not including the AUTH 
> response code, that indicates that the error has nothing to do with 
> the user's credentials.

Just to be clear, if the server issued AUTH-RESP-CODE, then the 
result to USER can be interpreted:
	+OK:			Accepted, proceed to PASS
	-ERR [AUTH]:		Failed, problem with user credentials (not 
likely with USER anyway)
	-ERR [SYS/TEMP]:	Failed due to temporary system problem, try again later
	-ERR [SYS/PERM]:	Failed due to permanent system problem, 
advise user to call for help
	-ERR:				No problem w/ credentials nor system, if you 
used TLS w/ cert, maybe authenticated already


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