>Thank you Todd & Scott for your comments... I understand what you are >telling me but I feel I need to explain that we currently don't have a >choice... (I can feel the frown on your faces and the roll of the eyes from >here ;-)
<G> >We just have too many users to 'Train' in the new way and not >enough time in our day to deal with that. Have you thought about the cost of having a spammer shut down your mailserver for a weekend, and the cost of your users not being able to get some their E-mail (if you are listed in spam databases)? My suggestion is to E-mail all your users, and tell them they will have to use "industry standard" authentication in 10 days. 9 days later, send an E-mail saying there is one day left. Make the change. Hopefully, by this point about 80% of the people will have done it, and another 15% or so will quickly after they realize they can't send mail. >Also there is too broad of an IP range that would need to be added to the >Allowed Address list. Don't worry about that. SMTP AUTH can be used for anyone who doesn't have their IP listed. >I also do not see how I could be blacklisted for not requiring my users to >authenticate, since this is essentially what you are telling me to do. We are telling you to use "Relay for Addresses" (where the IP authenticates the user, or they can use SMTP AUTH) or "No mail relay" (everyone uses SMTP AUTH). You *will* get blacklisted if you don't use one of those two options. It will happen. >Also as far as I know the server meets all requirements for http://ordb.org. If you are sure, go to http://ordb.org/submit/ and enter your IP. They will let you know if you are an open relay. However, they will list you if you are. Sorry to push you on this issue, but I just want to make sure you know what you are getting into. A lot of people said "I can't force all my users to use SMTP AUTH", only to change their minds very quickly when a large spam attack occurred. >Now, once again, I ask in a nice way, Is it possible to put comments in the >Accept.txt file? Thanks! :-) My guess is no. They specifically say that you can not use spaces, and since neither E-mail addresses nor IPs include spaces, that would imply that comments wouldn't be allowed. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.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/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
