El jue, 19-12-2002 a las 19:17, Bob Proulx escribió: > Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-19 18:34:41 +0100]: > > > > The objectives of the mail server is to give accounts to anyone in the > > internet, i followed some howtos but I don't know how to configure some > > things. I searched but didn't find some comprehensive howto or > > documentation... > > > > The two main problems are: > > > > I have to relay mail for anyone in the internet, not only for my local > > network, what am I supposed to type then in /etc/mail/access? > > Negative. If you are giving accounts to people then you do not need > to give relay access to the Internet. Relay access is the number one > source of spam. Creating an open relay is one of the most unfriendly > and unneighborly network actions that you could possibly do. > > Also note that if you do operate an open relay your server will be > listed in an open relay database. At that time a large number of > people will refuse to accept mail from your server. It will be less > than useful to operate a mail server from which people cannot receive > mail. > > Bob
Ok, thanks for the advice, but then how do i control the access to my smtp server? Actually I relay mail filtering by IP, but some people have dinamic ip addresses Chainy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
