Does the Service Desk mail daemon, pdm_mail_nxd, support POP before SMTP as a method for authentication against mail servers?

Products

• CA IT Asset Manager
• CA Software Asset Manager (CA SAM)
• ASSET PORTFOLIO MGMT- SERVER
• SUPPORT AUTOMATION- SERVER
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• CA Service Desk Manager
• CA Service Management - Asset Portfolio Management
• CA Service Management - Service Desk Manager

Issue/Introduction

Description:

This document explains whether Service Desk r12.7 support POP before SMTP as an authentication type for the SMTP mail service.

Solution:

No. Service Desk r12.7 does not support POP before SMTP.

Prior to Service Desk sending out Notification emails, it does not check for incoming emails, i.e. POP3 authentication does not occur prior to sending emails. So if the SMTP server requires POP3 before SMTP authentication, notification emails may fail to be sent out.

Environment

Release: SWAMFC059000-12.7-Software Asset Manager-Flow Control
Component: