I've setup the pop before smtp and it works pretty nicely. I'd be interested in solution 3 and 3a -- the port 587 thing. I have sasl with mysql support and, of course, postfix with mysql support.
Curtis Niblett, David A wrote: > There are basically 3 ways to accomplish what you want, only > 2 are probably desirable. > > 1) Relay anything on your mail server, bad in so many ways. > > 2) Pop before SMTP. That is a feature in dbmail where when a > user pop's their email first, their IP is placed in a table > dbmail_pbsp for a "period of time". Then you have to configure > postfix to do a SQL query for valid IP's from that table. I have > not done this, so I cannot comment any further. > > 3) Use AUTH SMTP with Postfix, this is what we do. I can help you > with this setup. You will need sasl compiled and postfix recompiled > with sasl support. When compiling both remember to add database > support for your DB. Once there it's pretty easy to set up SASL > to query the database when a user requests authentication. > > Both 2 and 3 usually require the user to alter their SMTP program > to work with them. I prefer to just have them log in rather than > depend on an IP allow based on some time period. > > However, I will add that both of these features are becoming useless > as most all providers disallow SMTP out of their network. So even > with it configured your user will most likely have to set their > outgoing SMTP to the external provider they are with. > > The exception to that rule is the new Message Submission Protocol > on port 587. It's basically AUTH SMTP running on port 587 which > is usually not blocked by providers as by it's nature it should > only allow AUTH SMTP. It the *new* "what everyone should use" > approach to help stop spam. > > -- > David A. Niblett | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator | Phone: (352) 334-3400 > Gainesville Regional Utilities | Web: http://www.gru.net/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Carrera > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dbmail] Postfix / Dbmailallow user to send emails outside > mynetwork > > > Hi All, > > I have been trying to figure out how to allow users to send emails from > outside my network but i am having real problems with the various > howto's. > > Dose anyone here know of a good page that has a working postfix / dbmail > > allow user to send emails kind of page ??? > > Thank you in advance for any help > > Dave C > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail >
