>I earlier noted that my ISP's mail server has no anti-spam features. In
>fact, his Netscape Mail Server v1.1 is an open relay as well. He has asked
>me if, somehow, he can set all of his outgoing mail to use my SIMS machine
>for sending and if this will prevent relaying through his server to the
>Internet.
>
>That is, if [EMAIL PROTECTED] connects to his Netscape Mail Server
>v1.1 and sends a bunch of spam, and his server is directed to send through
>my SIMS box, will SIMS be able to recognize that the mail did not
>originate at one of his dialups and stop it?
>
>My thought is, no, it will see the mail as coming from a machine on his
>network -- a trusted host -- and happily relay it. Whereupon, my SIMS box
>will probably be blacklisted.
>
>Yes, I know, he should just upgrade his mail server, and intends to do so,
>but until then, is there any stopgap that doesn't require his users to
>reconfigure their mailers?
>
>Part of his problem is that all the user account names and passwords are
>stored in the Windows Registry on his mail server (apparently where
>Netscape Mail Server v1.1 stores such things) and there seems to be no
>way to get them out.
>
>If anyone knows how to extract user data from Netscape Mail Server v1.1 so
>it can be imported into SIMS, I'd really appreciate knowing. I'd like to
>convince him to just switch to SIMS, or Communigate.
>
>
Hi again,
Why doesn't he just disable SMTP on his Netscape server & only
leave the POP port open, changing his DNS zone to use your SIMS as the SMTP
server (you'll obviously need to set your 'Relay for clients only' options
up to allow his users to send mail out) & thus his open relay problem
should be over.
Bye for now, Terry Allen
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