On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:45:53PM +0100, Stanis?aw Winiecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody :) > > I understand that smtpd is used by e-smith to enhance relay security, right? > Was Qmail not secure enough?
There were a few reasons: - qmail provided false positives to relay tests - qmail did not allow easy insertion of message processing, such as virus scanning, without breaking the qmail license - Obtuse SMTPD allows us to add complex anti-spam/anti-relay patterns, such as stopping "everyone@site" from being accessed outside the local network > It's a pity though that it doesn't understand ESMTP, specifically 8BITMIME, > which is quite valuable in countries using national characters, like Poland. We patched Obtuse SMTPD so that it didn't mangle 8bit characters, but it looks like more work is still required. > Messages get converted to quoted-printable format by the mail servers, which > causes problems with some e-mail clients, especially the beloved Outlook > Express. OE does display such messages properly, but when replying or > forwarding it doesn't generate the "> " indents at all, which is very > annoying. OE is crap, but it has two major advantages: > - It's easily available localized > - It's free Would you please send examples to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? This may be tricky, but it would be really helpful if you could make a tar/zip file of the messages with all headers and details preserved. > I was wondering whether you Guys have any contact with Obtuse's developers > and know anything about their plans to change it? I am currently the maintainer of the Obtuse SMTPD RPM and have take on de-facto maintenance of the code as well. We are also looking at alternatives. Gordon -- Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] VP Engineering Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
