version 6+ makes it WORSE. The most stable version is 5.07, but there is a
Y2K bug in that.
mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Britt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 11:16 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SMTP security in Imail 5.x
> Does 6.03 fix this? Has Ipswitch issued *any* response?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Kelly Britt
>
> "Need A Dot Com?"
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony Santen
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 6:15 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP security in Imail 5.x
> >
> >
> > Scot,
> > We're collecting customers who have this problem, as IPSWITCH claims
it's
> > NOT them, but everyone else.
> >
> > We have conclusively tested and proved that the problem 'goes away' if
you
> > use another software for SMTP AUTH.
> >
> > The problem lies in one of the following problems (or a combination)
> >
> > - File locking of IMAILSEC.DLL
> > - Thread contingency within IMAILSEC.DLL
> > - Timing issues regarding username - password table lookup
> > - Resource locking during another operation
> >
> > We have now finally had to give up and use Sendmail for outgoing
> > mail relay.
> > Not pretty, but highly efficient.
> >
> > Anthony Santen
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scot Desort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 5:05 PM
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] SMTP security in Imail 5.x
> >
> >
> > > We are running Imail 5.x. We have all along had SMTP relay
> > security set to
> > > relay for our IP blocks, and AUTH enabled for hosting customers who
are
> > > off-net.
> > >
> > > Suddenly, we had a rush of Netscape Messenger/Mail clients who suddenl
y
> > > where being asked to enter their password to send mail out. Going to
the
> > > Ipswitch KB, this is a known issue. The fix is to disable AUTH. This
> > creates
> > > a problem for our off-net hosting customers.
> > >
> > > I started to play around with the "relay mail for local users" choice.
> > > Instead of restricting access by IP block, this would allow off-net
> > hosting
> > > customers to use our SMTP server, yet still prevent that AUTH error
with
> > > netscape.
> > >
> > > This is not an ideal solution, though. It still opens us up by
allowing
> > > someone to relay mail through us by simply specifying a valid user
name.
> > >
> > > Has any else run across this situation? Is there a better way
> > of handling
> > > this? A new problem with this fix has cropped up. We outsource
> > some of our
> > > DSL. These customer often have their own mail servers. We now have to
> > enter
> > > those mail hosts and IP addresses into the accept.txt file. And
> > since the
> > > file does not take wildcards, well, you can see the problem
> > becoming quite
> > > cumbersome.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scot
> > >
> > >
> > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
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> > >
> >
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> >
>
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