On 2006-03-31, Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> To do that I'd have to configure my home Exim to route mail >> differently according to the From-address, > > Trivial in Exim - very many 'home users' of Exim do this.
I know, but it was the next part that bugged me. >> and I'd have to store my >> shell password unencrypted in exim.conf! > > That's one way, but several dozen others don't require that. Better > read the section on authenticators in the docs. I'll do that. Do you mean that even if the "HOWTO" provided by the mail administrator or mailhop.org says to put login: driver = plaintext public_name = LOGIN client_send = ": userid : password" in exim.conf, the same result (from that server's point of view) can be achieved more securely (from mine)? >> > This does of course also mean that you can't register a domain name via a >> > 3rd-party registrar and send mail from that domain via your ISP's mail >> > servers (since your ISP has no idea that you own that domain). >> >> Isn't this one of the main reasons why a lot people say SPF stinks? > > SPF has disadvantages, but the fact that it encourages good practice > by mail forwarders and relays isn't one of them. Sorry, but I don't see forcing the same person using the same computer to send messages through different routes as good practice. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/