Michael, You would be correct, but the modusgate doesn't handle all outside communications. It only handles the incoming connections for those that have paid for the extra spam filtering. Some domains receive no filtration.
I appreciate your help. Regards, Nik Dahl -----Original Message----- From: Michael Heydon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:55 AM To: nikd Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [exim] SMTP_VRFY Acl help? nikd wrote: > <snip> > Obviously, I don't want to enable SMTP_VRFY for all incoming > connections, as that would open us up to dictionary farming. > <snip> > From what you have said, it sounds like this modusgate thing is set as your MX host, it handles all communication to the outside world and then forwards mail to your internal server if it is clean. If that is the case, how does enabling vrfy on your internal server increase your exposure? *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
