Matthew Dillon wrote:
:yes, but smarthosts usually have a user/password associated, to prevent=20 :the world from relaying through the box. but it doesn't make sense to=20 :have different user/passwords for each sending user, no? Actually I'm no= :t=20 :sure how such a config would look like. A multi user system might want t= :o=20 :use a real mailer then, I guess. : :cheers : simonSmarthosts do not usually have user/password authentication. Instead they are typically either MX based or explicitly allow 'relay' connections for particular domains or IP ranges.
all of the smarthosts I use are authenticated. that's because users are behind dialup and thus don't have a fixed IP address.
i think we shouldn't get carried away. if it doesn't work with dma, you can still install a traditional MTA.
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