: Yes, this requires a username/password login to authorize mail to be : sent. Many providers are now eliminating SMTP relay even for their own : customers who might connect from work using SMTP. With POP3 to send : mail, a person could connect to their personal ISP and send email from : outside their ISP's dialup network.
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