On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:30:43AM -0400, John Cruz wrote: > Is the SMTP Auth solution and POP-Before-SMTP effective? Anyone > implementing it here?
I prefer SMTP AUTH with TLS to POP-before-SMTP because although it requires a little extra on the client's end (eg: a MUA or MTA that supports SMTP AUTH and TLS), it's not limited to having IP address based security. > a.) how does it affect existing users? Existing users (eg: those in the LAN) don't need to change anything as they don't need to do SMTP AUTH and TLS. > would we end up with more time spent reconfiguring clients? Just a little bit more time. Most modern MUAs support SMTP AUTH and TLS out of the box (read: Mozilla Thunderbird, at the least). > b.) how complex is the installation and integration process? Client side: easy. Server side: moderate. I use Postfix and have made SMTP AUTH and TLS work with both an LDAP authentication back-end as well as a PostgreSQL authentication back-end, both via PAM with saslauthd. > I have a handful of people who work remotely and are mobile most of > the time. Would be nice to allow them to send emails via the same SMTP > that they use when they are in the local network. This is exactly what SMTP AUTH (with TLS) is designed for. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free software GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer to freedom, not price. -- 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
