RE: SMTP authentication
"Rob Wellesley" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.e-smith.devel |
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> -----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 -- Please report bugs to [email protected] Please mail [email protected] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org