[tpop3d-discuss] POP b4 SMTP

Prune Prune at lecentre.net
Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:32:55 +0100


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sorry
I never had to play with it yet... and I have no clue.
this is more MTA related...
try to post in exim, postfix (preferably) or sendmail mailing list....

Cheers,
Prune

Odhiambo Washington wrote:

>* Prune <prune@lecentre.net> [20020301 16:06]: wrote:
>
>>Humm....
>>
>>when you pop your mail, it open the SMTP for your IP.
>>If someont take your IP, your smtp is an open relay....
>>That's why you have to stop relaying mails quickly.
>>
>
>
>I have had this problem where I was clearing the relay_ip table after
>every 10 minutes. It lead to my host being blacklisted (62.8.64.4).
>I have so far cleared that although some hosts are still blocking
>it (I guess stale info), but I suspect this realying caused it.
>For now I have disabled relaying this way until I am sure about the
>steps to take.
>
>How often do you clear the table?
>
>While in this situation, I though that maybe I should use SMTP auth proper.
>I searched the archives and found the authenticator below (for Exim) but it
>doesn't work for the Redmond products (Microsoft Outlook Express). I am yet
>to test with Eudora and Netscape:
>
>
>plain:
>   driver = plaintext
>   public_name = PLAIN
>   server_condition = "${if eq{${md5:$3}}{${substr_5:${lookup mysql{select \
>   password_hash from popbox where local_part='${local_part:$2}' and \
>   domain_name='${domain:$2}'}{$value}}}}{1}{0}}"
>   server_set_id = $2
>
>
>Has anyone used this ASMTP style with Microsft products? Clues??
>
>
>tia
>
>
>-Wash
>
>S y s t e m s   A d m i n.
>


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sorry<br>
I never had to play with it yet... and I have no clue.<br>
this is more MTA related...<br>
try to post in exim, postfix (preferably) or sendmail mailing list....<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Prune<br>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">* Prune <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:prune@lecentre.net">&lt;prune@lecentre.net&gt;</a> [20020301 16:06]: wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Humm....<br><br>when you pop your mail, it open the SMTP for your IP.<br>If someont take your IP, your smtp is an open relay....<br>That's why you have to stop relaying mails quickly.<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap=""><!----><br><br>I have had this problem where I was clearing the relay_ip table after<br>every 10 minutes. It lead to my host being blacklisted (62.8.64.4).<br>I have so far cleared that although some hosts are still blocking<br>it (I guess stale info), but I suspect this realying caused it.<br>For now I have disabled relaying this way until I am sure about the<br>steps to take.<br><br>How often do you clear the table?<br><br>While in this situation, I though that maybe I should use SMTP auth proper.<br>I searched the archives and found the authenticator below (for Exim) but it<br>doesn't work for the Redmond products (Microsoft Outlook Express). I am yet<br>to test with Eudora and Netscape:<br><br><br>plain:<br>   driver = plaintext<br>   public_name = PLAIN<br>   server_condition = "${if eq{${md5:$3}}{${substr_5:${lookup mysql{select \<br>   password_hash from popbox where local_part='${local_part:$2}' and \<br>   domain_name='${domain:$2}'}{$value}}}}{1}{0
}}"<br>   server_set_id = $2<br><br><br>Has anyone used this ASMTP style with Microsft products? Clues??<br><br><br>tia<br><br><br>-Wash<br><br>S y s t e m s   A d m i n.<br><br></pre>
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