Hi,
 
        I have a situation here, and I would appreciate your opinions.
        My users send outbound emails directly to the MTA 587 SMTPAuth port. So outbound emails don't go through ASSP.
        Now, if I want them to use the email interface I need, somehow, to make the email go through ASSP.
 
        So, I did setup a subdomain assp.domain.com with an MX pointing to my box, and obviously not configured the MTA.
        It is as well in the localdomains.txt so ASSP will allow incomming emails to the domain.
 
        So,
1- The a user sends an email to assp-spam @ assp.domain.com
2- The email goes to the MTA 587 SMTPAuth port
3- MTA realizes it is not a local domain
4- MTA resolves the MX and sends it to it, which is the same box
5- ASSP receives the connection
 
        Now.. what problems does this have?
 
A- Well, the first one is the "Forged HELO" feature, because as the connection is from the MTA, then the HELO is a local domain, which of course is refused by ASSP because it thinks sombody from outside is forging it.
    So I disabled it... you might think that allowing the server domains in the HELOs, is a solution, but this would be equivalent to disabling it, because anybody can put whatever he wants in the HELO.
 
    I think Forged HELOs should be checked only if the originating IP is not a the local/allowed list, but perhaps I don't have the full picture.
    So, is there any way to currently allow these situations? I made some tests, but I'd like to know your opinions first.
 
B- Now, with HELO validation disabled, the second problem I find is relaying.
    ASSP is configured with assp.domain.com as a local domain, so it will pass MAIL-FROM and RCPT-TO to the MTA.
    But the MTA answers saying that assp.domain.com is not local, and relaying is denied, so ASSP gets the relay error, and doesn't process the email.
 
    So, what do you think? Is there any way to configure it like that? I would love to have my users using the email interface instead of sending emails to me, which of course is pretty much useless.
 
    Ok, that's all folks.
    Warmest regards!
 
Javier Albinarrate
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