You could set up the list as subscribers only and use the posters list for those who are not subscribers OR you could set up a rule on each list looking for the From field to have your domain in it...The 2nd method is still spoofable tho.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 9:48 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Stopping REMOTE users from accessing LOCAL Lists > Hi Eric, > > Thanks for the reply, but if I understand correctly what that would do, then > only subscribers could send email to that list? > > IOW, if I wasn't a member of a given list I couldn't send email to it? I'm > not sure that would work for us. We have several distribution lists here, > roughly one per department. If somebody in the A/R dept. wants to send an > email to everybody in the A/P dept. they can use the A/R dept. list. They > probably wouldn't be a subscriber to a list from a different dept. > > What is the point of AUTH'ing and the log message "Authenticated > [EMAIL PROTECTED], session treated as local."? If the sessions were > truly treated as local then I'd think that would solve the problem. > Instead, despite the log message to the contrary, the user sessions are > treated as remote. > > Alan Walters > Director of I.T. > Royce Medical > > P.S. > Sorry for the long delay in getting back, this has been a week from hell... > > > > From: "E. Shanbrom \(Ipswitch\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stopping REMOTE users from accessing > > LOCAL Lists > > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:40:52 -0500 > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Have you thought of setting the lists to subscribers only? > > > > Eric S > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alan Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ipswitch. Com" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:24 PM > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Stopping REMOTE users from accessing LOCAL Lists > > > > > We've recently had a surge in SPAM targeting our global All-Users List. > We > > > still need internal users to be able to access any Distribution List, > while > > > denying external senders. Thinking that's what the "Allow Remote Mail > to > > > Local Groups" checkbox was for, I unchecked it (and restarted the SMTP > > > service). Suddenly, internal users couldn't access any of the Lists. > > > > > > All internal users AUTH so I assumed they would be considered LOCAL (and > > > allowed), while external senders would be considered REMOTE (and > denied). > > > The Log even shows "Authenticated [EMAIL PROTECTED], session treated > as > > > local." for every internal user who attempts to send: > > > > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) [192.168.100.6] connect 192.168.101.112 port > 1148 > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) [192.168.101.112] EHLO roycemedical.com > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00000554) Authenticated > [EMAIL PROTECTED], session treated as local. > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) [192.168.101.112] MAIL > FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) [192.168.101.112] RCPT > TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) denied remote access to > C:\IMAIL\Groups\Daily-Sales.txt (roycemedical.com) > > > 12:16 09:15 SMTPD(00050394) [192.168.101.112] ERR roycemedical.com > invalid user <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Is there a way to allow local users access to Distribution Lists, but > deny > > > them to non-local senders? > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
