On 11/10/2013 12:59 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 10.11.2013 00:48, schrieb Andrzej A. Filip: >> On 11/08/2013 02:07 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >>> [...] >>> So perhaps something like this could be done in time for Dovecot v2.4. Any >>> thoughts/ideas/suggestions? >> >> Have you considered creating SMTP MSA (port 587) server as "step one"? >> >> Making dovecot itself handle SMTP AUTH may help to better integrate >> dovecot with a few more MTA servers. > > hardly - only in very small environments this could work > > everywhere else you have sender-dependent relay hosts, RCPT dependent > relayhosts > and all sort of aliases which you *do not* want treated different between > incoming mail from outside or a internal server and submission mail > > the only real difference between submission is that it is authenticated > and because the authentication a few restrictions are not applied > > but in usual there is and must not be any difference in the mail-routing > > so no - make it complete or not at all
Would "simple MTA" make more sense to you? * MSA * sending out via smart host * accepting incoming from email gateway It may make sense for organizations with geographically distributed branches.
