Alex Martin writes: > OK here is what I did. I simply went into the webmin and enabled "require > authentication", and enabled crypt and md5 encryption. As far as I looked > this just modifies the default esmtp config file "esmtp", changes a few > "no"s to "yes"s. > > As soon as I enabled the change, and enabled relaying for the world, I could > no longer receive inbound email from anyone, as /var/log/mail.log stated > "535 authentication error" (or something close). For example, this mailing > list attempting to send me mails was denied due to authentication. Before > enabling authentication, everything worked fine. > > So what could be missing here, between your assertion that the default > config should not force authorizations on inbound emails and my described > situation?
You're missing the fact that you explicitly modified the default configuration. "Require authentication" does exactly what it sounds like: require authentication. By default, authentication is always available. If the client chooses to authenticate, the client automatically receives relaying privileges, despite its IP address. -- Sam ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
