Adding to my own post - I also have web sites and shopping carts on Red Hat Linux boxes, and it uses Sendmail, which can also be configured to use SMTP AUTH which allows relaying by authenticated users (username and password) using CFMAIL.
I used to use the heavyweight MS Exchange, and it also supports SMTP AUTH. Check your tag reference library in CF, it supports all of the above. I suggest using extreme caution about adding to the "allow relaying for" entries, because that opens the door to spammers who can spoof the sending IP number and funnel their spew through your server. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "samcfug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: Re: secure email... | Excuse me! But CFMAIL certainly does support Login and | Passwords when sending out email. I am using CF 5.0 | | I use Ipswitch's Imail Ver 7.0 with SMTP AUTH enabled, and | crank out emails from several CF applications on varied | Virtual domains on my servers. I don't have to create | "allow relay for" entries at all, as I don't consider that | very secure. SMTP AUTH also will block spoofing, such as | KLEZ infected emails as well. | | ===================================== | Douglas White | group Manager | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.samcfug.org | ===================================== | | | | I was wondering how people were dealing with email from | Cold Fusion | | applications to respond to such issues... Since CFMAIL | doesn't support | | any login and password login type stuff... | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.