Re: SMTP server question

[Brian Ashe <rhlist dee-web com>]

Hello Michael,

Thursday, May 30, 2002, 8:39:08 AM, you textually orated:

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MG> Anyway, with sendmail I think I can tell it to relay any mail from the local
MG> machine to the outside world and then tell it to relay any mail from our
MG> office network to the outside world (by allowing relaying from the office IP
MG> address) with "RELAY_DOMAIN( <office IP address> )".  However, that will not
MG> allow the employees to relay through it from home or on the road.

MG> Since the IP addresses for those locations are dynamically allocated, I cannot
MG> make a list of "RELAY_DOMAIN()" config commands to limit relaying to us.

MG> Is there a way to have authentication and then doing an SMTP relay in
MG> sendmail?  in qmail?  In another SMTP server?

Yes. It's called SMTP Auth. It is a standard and well worth it. Most client
software supports it.

There have been some good discussions with excellent directions on this
list. I recommend you search the archives for "SMTP Auth" at...
http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/

But to help get you started you may want to jump to this one...
http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/redhat-list/2002/01/msg00452.php


Have fun,
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