Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH

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2005

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texte = You guys are right. I like how simple Emailer is and I don't think it's asking my ISP too much to enable a local mail server. It seems my ISP has over-reactive policies against spam. I plan to forward your response, John, directly to them. Well put!PatOn Jul 12, 2005, at 1:53 PM, John Peacock wrote:> Patrick McCormick wrote:>>> I'm on Linux, but that really isn't the issue. Windows, Linux or >> whatever, the approach used by WebDNA is to assume that there is >> a local or other available mail server configured to allow >> relaying of mail on the standard port. This really handcuffs ISPs.>>>> Not in the slightest. It is trivially easy to provide a SMTP > server which doesn't require AUTH on localhost; the only reason to > use AUTH on any SMTP server is to prevent unauthorized *remote* > relay. It is not uncommone for web services to assume they have a > local relay that they can use without authentication...>> John>> -- > John Peacock> Director of Information Research and Technology> Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group> 4501 Forbes Boulevard> Suite H> Lanham, MD 20706> 301-459-3366 x.5010> fax 301-429-5748>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( nitai@computeroil.com 2005)
Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( Patrick McCormick 2005)
Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( John Peacock 2005)
Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( Patrick McCormick 2005)
Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( Stuart Tremain 2005)
Sendmail and SMTP AUTH ( Patrick McCormick 2005)

You guys are right. I like how simple Emailer is and I don't think it's asking my ISP too much to enable a local mail server. It seems my ISP has over-reactive policies against spam. I plan to forward your response, John, directly to them. Well put!PatOn Jul 12, 2005, at 1:53 PM, John Peacock wrote:> Patrick McCormick wrote:>>> I'm on Linux, but that really isn't the issue. Windows, Linux or >> whatever, the approach used by WebDNA is to assume that there is >> a local or other available mail server configured to allow >> relaying of mail on the standard port. This really handcuffs ISPs.>>>> Not in the slightest. It is trivially easy to provide a SMTP > server which doesn't require AUTH on localhost; the only reason to > use AUTH on any SMTP server is to prevent unauthorized *remote* > relay. It is not uncommone for web services to assume they have a > local relay that they can use without authentication...>> John>> -- > John Peacock> Director of Information Research and Technology> Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group> 4501 Forbes Boulevard> Suite H> Lanham, MD 20706> 301-459-3366 x.5010> fax 301-429-5748>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Patrick McCormick

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