On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Manny Amador wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, ian sison (mailing list) wrote: > > > What you can do to solve your problem is to configure your local postfix > > to relay directly to your ISPs SMTP relay. The config parameter is > > > > relayhost = [nn.nn.nn.nn:25] > > > > This way you can have the best of both worlds. Your pine will immediately > > return (as its just a localhost connection between pine and postfix) and > > you can let your local postfix worry about delivering your mail to the > > ISP's mail relay. > > Thanks a million! I'll try this out. > > Hmmm... so does that mean I havwe to worry about mail sent through our > Cebu Mozcom account being blocked? Oh well, we still have our > inter-office dialup. They allow direct SMTP ( I think).
It's hit or miss. If a spammer previously used those IPs, then maybe. The proliferation of Spam and virii, worms, etc has changed the landscape of the internet as we once knew it. Before, it was enough to ensure your SMTP servers weren't open relays. Now you have to protect agains these types of issues as well! -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
