John Madden said: >>> Exactly. Whatever numpty would have a web based application sending >>> mail >>> directly, bypassing your smtp, >> >> Yahoo, gmail, etc.... > > (No, their web mail applications work as they're supposed to, sending mail > to > their pool of MTA's.) >
If they were running their systems properly we wouldn't be having this conversation. The clients of those systems are able to retrieve mail and attachments straight to local storage while by-passing local filters (and policy). Not very different from browsing ftp sites in that regard, and wholly unsecure. dp _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html