-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 04:50:29AM -0400, DU wrote: > How do you setup a mailserver without becoming an open-relay?
Use Exim, it's the easiest for a new admin to use (and a joy for old hats). In /etc/exim/exim.conf, you should have something along the lines of the below... # The setting below allows your host to be used as a mail relay by only # the hosts in the specified networks. See the section of the manual # entitled "Control of relaying" for more info. host_accept_relay = 127.0.0.1 : 192.168.0.0/16 > However with the release of Mozilla 1.0 I have become addicted to its mail > reader. I use imapd+sslwrap. To read email this is a great combo. However, > remotely I can't send mail with this setup. Look back in the last few days archives for how to set exim up for ASMTP. There's several methods. > I understand smtp servers can bet setup to use logon/passwds to accept > outgoing > email. Is this a common approach? What else could I do? Is this a > configuration > of exim or is this something else entirely? Is PAM somehow plugged into exim? Yes. Check the archive, search for exim and ASMTP. - -- Baloo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9HDbUNtWkM9Ny9xURAgdtAJwMYIncZ4IPNLZfGnzFxMX0XbHwOACcDX3v 9WkLdpEdO43lm+yuzzjdMvQ= =vJnR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
