Is it possible to have an SMTP login without a username, but with a password?

Posted by Rich Armstrong on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Rich Armstrong
Published on 2010-04-19T18:50:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 18:53 UTC
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Sometimes, users of our software, which connects to SMTP servers, put in a password, but no username. (Or, rather, their browsers' autocomplete specifies a password, but no username.)

Is there any valid SMTP configuration that has a password and no username? Are we safe in ignoring any password when there is no username?

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