By default xmail uses POP3-before-SMTP authentication, look in the server.tab section of the manual. It's still a good idea to enable in your e-mail client to send authentication for outgoing mail.
Bill >---------- >From: Dustin C. Hatch[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:23 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [xmail] Re: Problem with XMail > >Is there some way I can set up a POP3-before-SMTP, so that you have to >login to send a message through the server, or will that have the same >effect? >Bill Healy wrote: > >>All you need to do to stop the spammers is shutdown your open relay by >>emptying the smtprelay.tab file. >>You don't want to enable smtp auth, that will prevent other servers from >>sending you mail. By emptying the smtprelay.tab anyone sending mail that >>is not local will have to authenticate when sending. >> >>Bill >> >> >> >> >>>---------- >>>From: Dustin C. Hatch[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:23 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: [xmail] Re: Problem with XMail >>> >>>That was it, chabral, it was a lot of spammers, 5 or 6 I think. Okay, >>>How do I enable auth for smtp? Im sure it is in the docs, but it never >>>hurts to ask :P anyway, I am going to set up a spammers.tab and possible >>>restrict smtp to local addresses if possible. Any more thoughts? >>>chabral wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dustin C. Hatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I don't have time right now to run XMail in debug mode, but tomorrow, >>>>>i will certainly post everythign that I recieve. I think that it iw a >>>>>worthy note that back when I was using windows, Norton would pop an >>>>>error every once in a while whil delivering these messages I told you >>>>>about, saying that mail could not be delivered. Usually, the addresss >>>>>that it specified did not exist was some random word or phrase at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>A few options: >>>> - Maybe your server is being used as a relay for spammers? >>>> - Do you have any antivirus or filter that can be consuming so much >>>>cpu? >>>> - After enable logging, send a test message and check the logs under >>>>MailRoot/logs >>>> - Try sniffing the network and see what packets are being sent/received >>>>by the xmail >>>> >>>> good luck, >>>> >>>>chabral >>>> >>>>- >>>>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >>>>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>- >>>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >>>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
