Sandy,
Let me make sure I understand you right.

I should create a temp account that does not have any space to receive any
emails (so I don't have to maintain and keep it clean) in the primary
domain. Then I should have all users use this account as a security account
email out, so I will be using the SMTP authorization.

Then, I should check the relay for addresses only, and specify the web
servers' addresses so the server will relay mail for them.

At this moment, as long as the spammer does not know the password for the
SMTP auth (and the account), s/he will not be able to spam through us.

Am I missing anything? Thank you so much.

Ivan Ivanov
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704)737-5633
Data Consulting Group
www.webcluster.com

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:28 AM
To: Ivan Ivanov
Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] [ROUTING SPAM]

> That's asking too much, so I left it to "relay
> for local users".

Fine,  unless  you want to actually offer access to the Internet. When
you  get put on an anti-spam blacklist, you WILL NOT GET OFF until you
require authentication.

I think you need to take a better look at your priorities as a service
provider. Yes, the SMTP AUTH issue with virtual domains is a pain. But
you  MUST  NOT  ignore  your  vulnerability to spamming. Create shared
users  like [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your IP-full primary
domain  and  have  your  clients use these to log in from all of their
machines.  Send  mail  to these accounts to NUL to make sure you don't
have to do any housekeeping.

Sandy


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