Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:45:04 +0100 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "Wayne Pascoe" <freebsd-questions@penguinpowered.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Authenticated SMTP Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKGEMFNGAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20030909144822.GD17539@marvin.penguinpowered.org>
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Wayne: You might want to consider SMTP AUTH, assuming your mail clients support it. POP before SMTP is a hack that sort of works, but causes problems, especially as many clients insist on sending before popping! I use SMTP AUTH with sendmail so can't help you with postfix, but you could try starting here: http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/ - Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Wayne Pascoe > Sent: 09 September 2003 15:48 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Authenticated SMTP > > > Hi all, > > I need to provide an SMTP service to someone who travels around thie > world. I can't do this with a specific IP address, as they use a variety > of ISP's in different locations. > > To this end, I'd like to setup authenticated SMTP, preferably using > postfix. > > I've had a look in the postfix faq and it was a bit vague on this point. > In merely said that you need to force the user to authenticate against a > pop server first, that maintains a postfix compatible access table. > > Can anyone point me to a document that explains what pop servers might > be suitable for this task and how to go about setting up this > authentication ? > > Regards, > > -- > Wayne Pascoe > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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