At one point, the default posture of most SMTP implementations was to allow open relaying unless the admin specifically configured it to be blocked.
Currently, the default posture of most SMTP implementations is to allow non-TLS connections unless the admin specifically configures them to be blocked. My feeling is that this default posture will also change at some point in the future so that non-TLS SMTP connections are blocked unless specifically configured to be allowed. At least, I'm hoping for that, given that I work for a company that interacts with healthcare organizations a lot. The big question in my (biased) mind is... when will that happen and what could be done to help hurry it along? === Jeremy Charles Epic - Computer and Technology Services Division [email protected] Phone: 608-271-9000 Fax: 608-271-7237
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