Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 15:14:34 +1000 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail relays for individual users Message-ID: <20000511151434.A39007@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005102130540.90428-100000@ren.sasknow.com>; from ryan@sasknow.com on Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:45:52PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005102130540.90428-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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Thus spake Ryan Thompson (ryan@sasknow.com): > I'm running sendmail 8.9.3 on 3.4-STABLE. I have a couple of email users > on remote networks who do not have SMTP relay access through their various > ISPs. > [...] > The hosts behind the users in question do NOT have SMTP relay access on > any network, nor do they have static IP addresses/hostnames, or even > reasonably small networks to allow relaying from. > > I am searching for a more elegant and secure solution. (Note, I am not > asking for SSL webmail solutions, here :-) Can anyone offer a suggestion? > My current setup means I'm pretty much committed to sendmail for now, so a > sendmail solution would be the ideal one. If there is way to accomplish > this with another mailer, I might run another box with another MTA to > handle this small number of users... However, I'd much rather keep things > simple. > Do you also run a POP3 server accessible to these users? If so, SMTP after POP auth may be what you're looking for. The remote users will have to check their mail on your POP server first, but after that sendmail can relay messages from their IP for x minutes. http://spam.abuse.net/tools/smPbS.html is a good place to start. Regards, Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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