-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 With sendmail it's possible to set up port 465 as SMTP-over-SSL. That penetrates narsty port-25-filters unperturbed, and, it has the advantage of being encrypted, so others on the air (or the wire: Carnivore being as hungry as ever) can't snoop your email.
My mail server is SSL-enabled, so when I'm at a hotspot I send my mail via the alternate port 465 instead of port 25. The mail server auth's me using SSL, and forwards my mail on to its destination from there. Other MTA's (postfix, exim, etc) MAY support this alternate port too, I dunno, I haven't tried yet. Or, if they don't, you can try using something like stunnel to open and manage the server's SSL connection, forwarding it to your MTA on port 25. - -ken - ----------- On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 06:37:46PM +0200, Lars Holmstr?m wrote: > We run HotSpots and people use NoCat to authenticate and get access. Then > htey are allowed to use the SMTP server. If not authenticated, no access. > /Lars > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julian Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:51 PM > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] SMTP at hotspots > > > Lars Holmstr?m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Matt Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 07:36:36PM +0300, Paul Weaver wrote: > >> > Just wondering how people coped with people wanting to send emails at > >> > hotposts. Chance are their normal ISP isnt the same as yours and their > >> > default smtp server wont obey the request. Aside from each new > >"hotspotter" > >> > finding out the right server, and changing their email client, what > >other > >> > ways are there arround this problem? > >> > >> SMTP AUTH > > >NoCat > > Sorry? How does NoCat help me send email when I'm using a BT Openzone or > T-Mobile hotspot? > > The short term solution is to either set up your own post office or rent > space at one that supports SSL and SMTP AUTH. > > The long term solution is to persuade all ISPs to support SSL and AUTH > so that their customers can use their email account from anywhere on the > web in safety. I believe this is in the interests of ISPs anyway. With > the increasing use of Wireless and like technologies they no longer have > control over the edge of their networks. So they should no longer assume > that just because email comes from one of their IPs it's automatically > legitimate. But I'm not holding my breath. > > -- > Julian Bond Email&MSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ > Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ > M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless - -- - --------------- The world's most affordable web hosting. http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Kz/Me8HF+6xeOIcRAn8zAKDRlQKUo7qAjF8ZVgvbckQc/XjvmQCgzdmn fp7PiXP3p17ijd2AaEpwYX0= =pDob -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
