I apologize in advance for the newbie question.
I've got qmail up and running, and all's well so far. However, I'm a
bit confused about the rcpthosts file. From the FAQ:
<snip>
How do I allow selected clients to send outgoing messages through my
SMTP server? qmail-smtpd is giving the error ``sorry, that domain isn't
in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)'' for messages to any domain
not
listed in /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts.
Answer: This answer assumes that you are running qmail-smtpd under
tcpserver.
Create /etc/tcp.smtp containing
1.2.3.6:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
to authorize relaying from clients with IP addresses 1.2.3.6 and 127.*.
</snip>
The question and and error message seem to me to be two different
problems. The error message seems to say, "I can't send a message to
that recipient." The question seems to be , "How can I limit who uses
my mailserver?"
Aren't these two separate issues? And how do you resolve them? If I
want (ONLY) my users to be able to send mail wherever they want, how can
I do that? Do I have to list every possible domain suffix in my
rcpthosts file, then limit which users can use my smtp server using the
method from the FAQ above? That doesn't make much sense to me.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
