On Monday, Jun 16, 2003, at 13:16 US/Eastern, C.Magnus Hedemark wrote:
On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 12:58 PM, Steve Williams wrote:
RR's SMTP server (smtp-server.nc.rr.com) can not be used from outside the RR
network. This is a standard security practice throughout the industry - you
wouldnt expect your company to relay mail from another company's network,
right?
Yes, I would expect them to relay from outside of their network, if I were able to authenticate myself to the mail server that I am a bonafide user of that network. TriLUG does this with the [EMAIL PROTECTED] accounts.
Were I running their mail server, I'd like to see something like that as well. Considering how chronically overloaded their mail servers are now, adding password authentication and encryption (SSL tunneling) is hard to justify, especially when the servers are for residential customers, connecting from home. It's less load on the systems and more inline with the class of service to just limit it to IP blocks.
That said, it would be nice to have that option. Another +1 for a trilug account.
jf -- John Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICBM: 35�43'56"N 78�53'27"W
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