Check the ip-chains howto to disable access from the outside to the SMTP port.
--Bobby
Patrick Berry wrote:
> I've set up an alias to allow mail to be sent to all the people in our
> office. I would like to protect this alias from the 'outside'...
>
> Would there be any problems with just doing a simple check ala
> if [ $HOST != freestyleinteractive.com ]
> go away
> else
> everything is cool and go ahead and deliver
> fi
>
> Is there something bad that could happen that I might be over looking in my
> approach? Would it be best to execute an external shell script from the
> dot-qmail file and check the return value of that script and then decide
> what to do?
>
> Pat
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