RE: SMTP authentication

"Rob Wellesley" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.e-smith.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Brady [mailto:[email protected]]
>
> I think this might be sufficient to set up support for inbound SMTP
> authentication (and authorise relaying from the public side):
>
> echo cvm-local:/var/lib/cvm/cvm-unix-local.socket \
>  > /var/service/smtpfront-qmail/env/CVM_SASL_PLAIN


This works perfectly (Only tested using OE6) - quickest bedtime read I ever
had too :)


>
> Note that this adds plaintext authentication on the public
> interface, and
> hence is strongly discouraged just as public POP, IMAP and telnet are.

A "work around" could be to use a single "locked" account (pptp off) to
auth ALL smtp?


Rob



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