On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:44:22AM -0700, Ihnen, David wrote:
> Why bother setting up rcpthosts if your server is firewalled off from the
> internet, being an internal mail handler/relay anyway?
There are cases where people intentionally want to create open relays,
and there should be a mechanism to allow that.
But AFAIC the current method makes it too easy to shoot oneself in
the foot. Too often people take the premise that "rcpthosts lists the
domains to accept mail for" (to paraphrase) and use that to make the
conclusion that "no rcpthosts means accepting mail for no domains".
While it is incorrect, it's not an entirely off-the-wall thought
progression.
Regards,
james
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