It isn't funny -- it's something that you should have expected (at least if Ipswitch were willing to have a warning when using the spam-friendly options).Here is the funny problem, my IMail 6.06 relay option set to "Relay for Local Host" (I know this is not secure enough), but I found a spammer relay large quantity of spam mail thru my mail server thru SMTP Authentication!
No, not SMTP authentication. I'm not sure why you think that the "Relay for local hosts" option requires SMTP authentication -- it does not. Anyone in the world can just enter "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" into their mail client and send mail through your server, without requiring a password. It's that easy, there isn't any magic to it, nor is there any SMTP AUTH. Most spammers are really stupid, but I haven't met a spammer yet that is so stupid that they would break into an account to send mail when they can send mail without doing that.Yes, SMTP Authentication!
-Scott
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