> [snip] > > > Right, but my question is why do I need to authenticate local > > to remote and not remote to local not why do I have to > > authenticate at all. I'm well aware of the spam relay fun! :) > > [snip] > > If you are going to authenticate remote to local, that would > mean every email server trying to send mail to your server > would have to authenticate. I don't know about your mail > server, but mine would have no way of authenticating the 10K+ > remote servers a day that send emails to me or others on that > server... > > The idea is to prevent relaying. If the remote is sending to > your local, your server will not relay it to another. >
Got it thanks Shawn. > Shawn > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
