Hi ,

nothing of that sort ..... i basically added the rules in my .MC file and tested it by putting a static IP on one of my own local machine ... no firewall or stuff ..... i just wanted the configuration if anyone has configured SMTP AUTH with sendmail .... believe me i tried everything recommended on the NET and lastly iam posting here!

Vipul

From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [LIH] Sendmail and User authentication
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 01:44:36 +0800

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vipul Bhadra) writes:

> The thing is, my local user get authenticated but for people connecting
> from outside my network... there is no authentication. I mean they are
> not asked for authentication( they can relay without authentication) ...
> but my loacl user DO get asked for authentication when they try to relay
> . Any idea why this should happen ?

Do you happen to have a cisco pix or something similar in front of your
mailserver?  If so turn off the smtp fixup / firewalling.

If your remote users are running norton antivirus's smtp proxy to scan
outgoing mails turn that off also - it doesnt know AUTH

    -srs



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