On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, tal amir wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, tal amir wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > > > > after 2 hours of RTFM'ing, i gave up. > > > this is mandrake 8.1, sendmail-8.12.1-4mdk. > > > i am having problems relaying through that machine. > > > > > for local addresses, i just addes the class (192.168.141) to /etc/access, > > > followed by makemap hash access < access, so local users can now relay. > what > > > about users from outside ? > > > i added the relevant domain names to /etc/mail/relay-domains , and its not > > > working. > > > whats the best way to enable this feature, without opening that machine > for > > > everyone ? > > > i mean, the easy way is to have 0.0.0.0 in /etc/access , but we dont want > that > > > ;) > > > > A few questions come to mind: > > > > Why would you like to allow external people to relay mail > > through you? > > because we have people (sales etc..) that work from abroad, and use dialup.
Why won't they use the local smtp server? (where they connected to) an ISP sells you a dial-up link natuarally you can relay mail to the local smtp server, right? Its *faster* > > > > > How do you verify their addresses? > > does my previous answer apply ? You really don't want to allow all the dial-up users of that server do allow relaying through your. Two options: 1. SMTP-level authentication 2. pop-before-smtp -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
