On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 13:36, Mark Kempster wrote: > On a separate but related topic, I'm petrified about attempting to > bring up externally-accessible smtp; avoiding the creation of a spam > relay tops the list. Is some form of authenticated smtp the way to go? > Most of the googling I've done leads me to binding the fetching of mail > (via pop or imap) to the sending. > > Is this generally accepted (and advised) practice?
Look up SMTP AUTH. It allows you to relay only if the user supplies a password. I think it's much better than a kludge like allowing relaying after pop. I've been using it with qmail for about 3 years now, but I know that postfix also supports it (and I would be shocked if sendmail and exim didn't also). Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- GPG Fingerprint = A66C 8660 924F 5F8C 71DA BDD0 CE09 4F8E DE76 39D4 GPG Key can be found at http://wtl.wayfarer.org/lovelace.gpg.asc --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes.
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