marc lindahl writes: > > >> From: Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> There's RH7.2 RPMs for courier? Where? >> >> http://www.courier-mta.org/status.html > > I see instructions on how to build my own RPMs from the source, but I don't > see a link to any built RPMs, and didn't see them on the sourceforge ftp > site.... that's why I installed from source, what's the point of building > your own RPM and then installing it, if you're just doing one machine?
Makes upgrades easier. Integrity verification. Things happen. You may need to rebuild the machine, for some reason. > >>> 2. anyone have any idea (before I put this online) how effective the >>> 'require authorization' option is at stopping spam? >> >> It would be wise for you to actually read what that option does, instead of >> speculating. > > The only reference I could find among the somewhat scattered documentation > was http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html#esmtpauth which tells me that an > auth step (in my case PAM) similar to that used to check mail is performed > before sending mail. Seems like that would make it harder for my smtp to be > used as an unauthorized relay. Right. Except that nobody will be able to send you any mail, since it is unlikely that every other mail relay in the world knows the userid and password for your mail server. This option is designed to be used on port 587 only, the message submission protocol, which requires authentication. -- Sam _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
