>On 08/27/03 at 13:22 -0700, Jeff Logan opined: > >> Here is how our system works. >> >> WebStar 4.5 is our mail server which clients do pop and smtp through. >> WebStar has a rule set up that all smtp mail be based to our >> smtp.insideout.com. Our smtp server has rules which only allow email >> from our mail server. So we are not an open relay. > >So all you really need to do on your SIMS server is to enable 'Relay for >Clients Only' and put your W* server's IP address as the only entry in >SIMS' Client Hosts list. As long as the SIMS server has no local accounts, >you don't need it to do anything else. Use of blacklists on the SIMS server >is superfluous because only the W* server will be allowed to relay anything >anyway. As long as you don't have any local accounts on the SIMS server >(i.e. all traffic through SIMS is relays, with no possibility of messages >being accepted for local delivery because there are no local accounts), >then all connections from any host other than the W* server will be >rejected as unauthorized third-party relay attempts, regardless of whether >or not they might be in a blacklist. If you're worried about spam being >sent from your W* server and relayed through SIMS then, for the most part, >it should be the W* server's responsibility to catch it, although it >probably wouldn't hurt to enable SIMS' Return-Path checking. >
Thanks for the clarifications. WebStar mail is all we can afford currently that has web based mail as a feature. Communicate Pro 1,000 user license is next, but $2000 is a lot to fork over. Later, Jeff Logan ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
