+++ Raju Mathur [09/08/02 08:58 +0530]:
<snip>
> If the customer is smart enough to write a script which does sockets
> he's probably also smart enough to keep it from relaying.
Net::SMTP makes it much simpler for a coder to allow for an open relay.
> Devdas> Otheriwse install postifx, and turn off permissions for
> Devdas> /usr/sbin/sendmail Breaks some stuff, like cron warnings,
> Devdas> but you could probably do some sgid stuff there.
>
> Same issue: the system-provided formmail.pl still needs to be able to
> use sendmail. It's also required by procmail.
Fix the script. (Use a postfix rpm to stop worrying about the sendmail
binary). IIRC, exim, postfix and qmail also provide sendmail compatible
binaries.
Force the use of SMTP auth? That will break every other formmail.pl other
than yours?
Devdas Bhagat
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