Actually, your both not totally correct. If you follow the "Life with qmail" document, its called "vpopmail smtp authentication".
Its fairly "hands-off", and requires no intervention or adding of IP addresses to the system (manually), its all automated, it works as such: If you have a POP3 mail account on the machine, when you connect to the smtpd daemon, qmail add's your IP address to the tcp.smtp cache ONLY if you are authenticated (by your username and password). That way, you are assumed to be "OK" by the system to send SMTP traffic through -- hence nobody can actually send e-mail through the server unless they have a username and password for qmail -- which is simply a passwd file that is managed by the vpop admin tools. What's really nice about this is if you have a lot of roaming users (laptops etc.). As the admin, you never have to add the IP to the tcp.smtp file... its all done for you. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:19 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mail Server -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 07:04:33AM -0400, Barry Michels wrote: > I've been using qmail for about 3 months now and haven't had to think about > it at all. Set it and forget it. It takes a while (an hour or so) to get > it all setup, but it's worth it for a very stable mail system. By default, > everyone is blocked from relaying. Just open a hole for yourself, and > you're set. "Open a hole?" Wrong answer. "Impliment authentication?" Right answer. - -- Baloo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9HEYiNtWkM9Ny9xURAso4AKCwdtFyug9TyHrZuQ5dP+E8+kPN0wCgottK RcyAXurQ7VPO98+eE9IdshU= =RTW+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
