Don't do it - your server WILL be an open relay for all spammers. Instead, ONLY 'relay for addresses', the rest will can use SMTP AUTH
Regards, David Gregg dgSoft Internet Services (949) 584-1514 -> Visit us at http://www.dgsoft.com -> Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure solutions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:30 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail Relay Options > Have any web hosters used the 'Relay for local hosts' to knock down Spam. > The description is pretty vague. I'm looking for something that will check > the From field in the email and verify it against the virtual hosts we have. > Is this what this field does? > > We have many domains hosted and users connecting from everywhere and > anywhere so we can't restrict via IPs or domains. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Bill > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
