Re: open relay

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All,

Pop-before-SMTP should be used for travelling users, and yes, that is a
work-around too, but it seems to work very well for us.  SMTP AUTH is a
priority for our next full update.  We put pop before SMTP in first because
at the time, SMTP AUTH was not widely supported.

With Pop-before-SMTP and the relay settings described here:
<I was going to put the FAQ item here, but it is apparently no longer in the
data base.  I will out it in there now...>

you should not need a buddy and should have no problems with open relay.

--Eric

on 1/29/03 9:33 AM, Carl Chipman at cchipman@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Yep, what he said.  Heck even Win2K's SMTP relay client has
> authentication methods... which is really what is needed.  The buddy
> thing is a work-around.  What is needed is authentication on SMTP.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> Carl Chipman
> Nomadics, Inc.
> cchipman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.nomadics.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:13 AM
> To: post_office@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: open relay
> 
> Sorry for being a Bob Minor, but I run several types of mail servers
> and have NEVER had a problem locking them down. My communigate pro
> server does just fine. My EIMS 3.0 does just fine, my iMail 7.0 does
> just fine. However the wording on how to lock this server down is very
> ambiguous, so no matter how many "Charles Ying's" there are please feel
> free to rewrite the instructions within PO.
> 
> And except for Charles' exception to the rule I have NEVER seen a
> situation where EIMS, Communigate, or iMail's solution doesn't work
> just fine. Most ISP's provide an SMTP to there users for just that
> reason, "Security". You shouldn't have to find a buddy just to have a
> complete mail solution.
> 
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 03:52 AM, Charles Ying wrote:
> 
>> Please, please Eric, Sue, Andrea et al, promise me Tenon will never
>> remove this "feature" no matter how many Bob Minors there are out
>> there. I begged other Mail server suppliers to offer this feature and
>> none of them think it is worthwhile weighed against the hassle of
>> dealing with users who are not careful. I have convinced several folks
> 
>> to switch to PO for this feature alone!
> 
> Robert Minor
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> it takes a bigger man to laugh at that guy.
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