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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server

From: Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 09:48:06 +1000
To: jmeyer@moscow.com
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
Message-ID: <20020502094806.X730@kira.glasswings.com.au>
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 04:30:18PM +0000, jmeyer@moscow.com wrote:
> If it is using NTLM authentication, you are locked
> into IE; not even Netscape supports that.
> 
> In that case, get it reconfigured for Basic 
> Authentication, but note that clear text equivalent
> passwords will go over the LAN.
> 
> -- 
> David Woolley
> BTS Holdings Limited

Note that you can avoid clear text passwords by using Digest
Authentication, or (probably better supported) SSL aka HTTPS.
These are Internet standards, unlike the proprietary and buggy NTLM.

Hope that helps,
		Andrew Pam
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