Eric, I'm really not an expert in any of the SSL stuff. I suppose because the mail server requires authentication - it needs a password and username still.
But with SSL, the password will not be sent in the clear. James. On 24/11/2006, at 12:21 PM, Eric B. wrote: >> I think I've figured out how to do this. My clients will send emails >> using port 465, which will go to stunnel. All normal SMTP traffic >> from outside will come in on port 25 and go straight to ASSP. >> >> So I'll probably go live with this next week. If it all works well, >> I'll start singing the praises of stunnel as well as ASSP! >> >> Just one thing - I've been reading about the problems with Net::DNS >> 0.59. I think this is only on Windows machines. Is this correct, or >> does it affect *nix machines as well? (We are using MacOS X). >> >> Thanks, >> >> James. > > > Did you get this working finally? I don't quite understand how > this setup > will help. If you have stunnel running on port 465, where does the > endpoint > of it point to? Doesn't the output of stunnel still show 127.0.0.1 > as the > IP address? How do you ensure that only your clients connect to > port 465? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
