Re: SMTP/AUTH before greylist problem

Bob Beck <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.greylist.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
	I find it a far simpler practice to simply tell people
that port 25 is not used for submission. It causes way less support
headaches when some knuckle dragger ends up somwehre with port 25 
blocked.

	-Bob

* Dave Warren <[email protected]> [2005-08-03 11:12]:
> Bob Beck wrote:
> 
> >	We do this very simply. We use submission (587) with ssl and 
> >authentication for road warriors. we don't greylist 587, and we don't
> >take unauthenticated un-ssl'ed connections on it. We tell people *not*
> >to use port 25 for this sort of thing. Spammers don't authenticate on 
> >port 587 so there is no spam danger. 
> > 
> >
> While true, if the mail comes in on 25 w/SMTP-AUTH then there is no 
> technical reason to greylist or anything else -- If you have spammers 
> AUTHing, you have bigger problems then the port number they use.
> 
> -- 
> Eat right, exercise, die anyway.
> 
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Bob Beck                                   Computing and Network Services
[email protected]                           University of Alberta
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