Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:08:46 -0500 > Von: Carlos Williams > An: postfix users list > Betreff: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email > I was just thinking today that if anyone knew a valid email address on > my Postfix mail se

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread /dev/rob0
This post was full of misunderstandings. First, the Subject, there is no such thing as "telnet email". telnet(1) is a commonly-available TCP client, which can be used to make a connection to a process such as smtpd(8). On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 02:08:46PM -0500, Carlos Williams wrote: > I was just t

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Joe
Carlos Williams wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: > >> The question is, are you trying to 'relay' through the server or sending >> to a domain that the server hosts? >> >> -Matt >> > > I don't know how to answer this. The Postfix server is on the same > network as

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Dec 4, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Sahil Tandon wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Carlos Williams wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: The question is, are you trying to 'relay' through the server or sending to a domain that the server hosts? -Matt I don't know how to

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread tobi
Carlos Williams schrieb: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: > >> The question is, are you trying to 'relay' through the server or sending >> to a domain that the server hosts? >> >> -Matt >> > > I don't know how to answer this. The Postfix server is on the same > network a

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Dec 4, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Carlos Williams wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: The question is, are you trying to 'relay' through the server or sending to a domain that the server hosts? -Matt I don't know how to answer this. The Postfix server is on the same net

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Carlos Williams
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: > The question is, are you trying to 'relay' through the server or sending > to a domain that the server hosts? > > -Matt I don't know how to answer this. The Postfix server is on the same network as the clients connecting to it. The clients simpl

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Carlos Williams put forth on 12/4/2009 1:08 PM: > I was just thinking today that if anyone knew a valid email address on > my Postfix mail server, anyone could simply telnet to it (assuming > they're on a trusted network / mynetworks) and send mail posed as that > valid email address. I know this i

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Matt Hayes
Carlos Williams wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Martijn de Munnik > wrote: >> If sending e-mail via telnet without a username/password is possible it is >> also possible with a client. > > OK so from that note I gather something with my config is not secure > or wide open. Is this is a

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Carlos Williams
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Martijn de Munnik wrote: > If sending e-mail via telnet without a username/password is possible it is > also possible with a client. OK so from that note I gather something with my config is not secure or wide open. Is this is a Postfix issue or something 'off-top

Re: Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Dec 4, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Carlos Williams wrote: > I was just thinking today that if anyone knew a valid email address on > my Postfix mail server, anyone could simply telnet to it (assuming > they're on a trusted network / mynetworks) and send mail posed as that > valid email address. I know t

Should Anyone Be Able To Send Telnet Email

2009-12-04 Thread Carlos Williams
I was just thinking today that if anyone knew a valid email address on my Postfix mail server, anyone could simply telnet to it (assuming they're on a trusted network / mynetworks) and send mail posed as that valid email address. I know this is not a huge security deal since it's come from a client