- Since first time we installed Imail we run "Relay mail for addresses"

ok


- I did not say that I want to prevent anyone from send to my local users...
But my case is: any can dail to my system using username and password OR
using our free internet feature, then open his outlook express, create a
non-exist Email account then configure it to use out SMTP to send emails

only if he is on your relay for addresses, where you trust anybody to do anything as [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 So
he will be able to use My mail server without real mail account....

aka "do anything" as long as on one of your "relay for addresses". this is why you should restrict "relay for addresses" to almost nothing, and force everybody to authenticate. this way you have log trace of their ip and authentication and can easily trace any abuse.


 This is
the case.. Why Imail server cannot prevent non-existing username from using
it for sending outgoing mails to anyone if that usename does not exist in
Imail DB???

simply because it doesn't. This very point came up a couple of weeks ago, where someone wanted to be able to force all users to send as [EMAIL PROTECTED], that is, prevent forgery of the envelope sender.


meaning: Imail should check if that sender already exist in its DB , then it
will allow him to send emails.
Else: prevent the sending process...

I hope that will explain what I am asking for

it's more clear now, finally, and the answer is that any user sending from your "relay for addresses" or after authentication, can send as any envelope sender. no way to stop it.


The best you can do is force every body to authenticate by restricting your "relay for addresses" to

An add-on solution is to install IMGate which can "check_sender_access" for your ip's and force any mail sending from your ip's to be in "your_domains" and even in "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".

oops, IMGate is yet again an accidental solution looking for unforeseen
problems.   :))

IMGate can also reduce forgeries of your domains (ie, the opposite problem: people sending as @yourdomains when they are not!) by spammers sending to IMGate as MX for all your domains.

Len


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