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Old 11-26-2003, 01:21 PM   #1
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Angry SMTP Auth for sendmail


i have setup a sendmail server and everything seems to work good, however id like to setup smtp auth so i can do realying for my users with out becoming a spam server
 
Old 11-26-2003, 01:25 PM   #2
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Take a look at:
http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/roaming.html
 
Old 11-27-2003, 03:34 AM   #3
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ok ummm.....ya that just WAY to confusing. couldn't make sence of that site. isn't there an easy way of just enabling SMTP auth???
 
Old 11-27-2003, 12:28 PM   #4
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Unfortunately authentication is not part of the SMTP protocol. There are some implementations with esmtp but it may not work with all clients.
 
Old 11-27-2003, 01:17 PM   #5
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I think i'm just gonna use the "FEATURE(`relay_local_from') ". it not the most sercure but i think it should do fine. i'll be monitoring traffic for any problems. thanks everyone!
 
  


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