On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Jan Knepper wrote:
> "Aaron L. Meehan" wrote:
>
> > Quoting Al Sparks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > > I immediately added this host to my /etc/hosts.deny file for
> > > > tcp-env and the connections stopped after the first two refusals.
> > >
> > > A good security practice is to deny everything in your hosts.deny file,
> > > and make specific exceptions to that policy in your hosts.allow file.
> >
> > Indeed. But think again about what you just said and its implications
> > for accepting _email_ from the Internet.
>
> What do you mean "accepting email from the Internet"?
> That only would be a problem if you have "roaming" users AFAIK.
> I tell my roaming users to use the SMTP of the provider they use to dial-in.
> No problems experienced so far.
I believe the issue is that if you deny everything, you cannot be
using QMail to accept incoming mail...
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