Oops, Should have said "SMTP Auth" not "SMTP vrfy"
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Setzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:04 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Open Relay Protection > Hello, > > We're in the process of opening our Imail server up to our remote and > roaming users. With this setup, we will no longer be able to secure the > server using "Relay Mail for Addresses". We do NOT want to use SMTP vrfy > because of the issues I've seen using that and ODBC and we do not want to > deal with the flood of support issues that this would undoubtedly bring from > our users. > > With that said, it appears we have two options: > > 1. IMgate and the "Pop-Before-SMTP" feature - The way I understand this is > that a user POPs to Imail then IMgate reads Imail logs and temporarily > allows user's IP to relay. Basically, this is a dynamic version of "Relay > for Addresses"? > > 2. Install Declude HiJack. > > We like the IMgate solution because of it's apparent security and we also > want to setup IMgate boxes to take stress off of our Imail machine BUT time > is critical right now and our only UNIX guy hasn't used it in 10 years so > getting up to speed could be an issue. How easy is this to setup for a MS, > C++, ASP oriented person? > > We like the Declude HiJack solution because it is easy, quick and can > control our users from spamming. However, since it does allow small volumes > of mail to be relayed, couldn't our server still be listed in one of the > open relay databases if a message gets through? > > Any thoughts or opinions on these two solutions is much appreciated. > > Thanks > > David > > > 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/
