On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Hal Dell wrote: > Dear Davide - > > As you can see from my previous messages I was unable to lockdown the xMail > Server based upon the config below. I did discover that SmtpConfig now seems > to work after an upgrade from 1.24 to 1.25. > > Now , when I attempt to connect directly and type "Mail > from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" without prior authentication I get the error message > "551 Server use forbidden". Which I guess is what should be expected. When I > manually perform an "AUTH LOGIN" and then type "Mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > I get the message "250 OK". > > The reason I'm doing all of this is to pass all my eMail thru Postini. I > really would appreciate your help on this. > > However, Postini is going to only work if I can lock out the spammers from > connecting to my eMail server directly as they ignore the MX records. As you > know Postini acts as an eMail Relay as follows: > > Postini MTA In ---> SPAM Engine --> Postini SMTP Out --> My xMail MTA > > Target eMail Address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] with MX pointing to Postini > Postini Address Space: 64.18.0.0 / 255.255.240.0 > My xMail MTA: 64.74.149.27 > > Now keep in mind that I use xMail in an ISP scenario and as such that I > don't know the IPs of the eMail clients connecting to the xMail Server from > outside thus I need to allow eMail clients to relay. Of course all clients > are required authenticate. I assume I can't use SMTP.IPMAP.TAB because of > this. > > Therefore, it seemed to me that by adding the Postini Address space to the > SMTPRELAY.TAB I was hoping it would override the need for authentication. > Unfortunately, Postini does provide support for authentication as it is > simply a Relay.
Add the IP of the Postini box to SMTP.IPPROP.TAB (lowercase, you know), with a "WhiteList=1" property. - Davide - 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]
