[jira] [Closed] (JAMES-4171) Submission only server

"Benoit Tellier (Jira)" <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:35:00 +0000 (UTC)
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Benoit Tellier closed JAMES-4171.
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    Resolution: Fixed

This work is merged.

> Submission only server
> ----------------------
>
>                 Key: JAMES-4171
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-4171
>             Project: James Server
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: SMTPServer
>            Reporter: Benoit Tellier
>            Priority: Major
>          Time Spent: 1h 40m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> h3. Context 
> I end up having to provide a submission only server for one of my customer.
> Problem: James bundles together the MX and submission role thus always accept email of remote users addressed to local users.
> This unorthodox behaviour is not a problem when combining both roles (though surprising!) however not being able to say "only authenticated users here" prevents implementing the aformentionned use case
> h3. Proposal
> Add auth.required configuration option in SMTP
> If true, then discard unauthenticated senders.
> This shall be the documented + recommended value however for retro-compatibility I propose to keep the legacy value as a default value.



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