Fernando Blasco writes:
> Hello, I'm a new subscriber of this list.
>
> I've been using mutt for 3 months and I like it very much. Now my
> institution forbids us to use Linux computers as mail servers in
> order to prevent bulk mailing.
Huh? Your best bet for preventing spamming is a *nix box as mail
server. Both sendmail (ie. the latest version, not what normally
comes with the box) and postfix have various forms of access
and rate controls, postfix more so than sendmail. I would presume
qmail has similar offerings.
The simplest thing to do in any MTA is to disallow relaying. Then
you can go on and implement stricter access rules: require HELO,
require valid HELO host, various rbls, etc. In postfix, the maximum
number of recipients per message can be limited as well. And so on.
> I'd like continue using mutt, but as far as I know, it uses sendmail,
> which needs to have open port 50. They suggest using Netscape or something
Huh? What about port 25?
Netscape is using pop or imap for retrieval, but still uses smtp for sending.
If it connects directly to the smtp port on the mail server (does it? I don't
know) there must still be a daemon listening on that port.
> similar, which operates without using sendmail.
>
> Anyone can help me? I think there is a way to configure mutt for making
> a telnet to the mail server and put the mail on it.
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Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in
such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control.
