Thank you Scott for the answers. Now it all start making sense! Ivan Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704)737-5633 Data Consulting Group www.webcluster.com
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] [ROUTING SPAM] >Doesn't it make sense that Relay for Local hosts only will mean that >relaying will be allowed from users that are part of a local host. In other >words, I will be able to send out mail, as long as I am a user in a local >domain, but anyone else will not be able to send out any mail. Yes. But if I say that I'm from your domain, there's no way your mail server can tell that I really am -- unless I authenticate myself, which requires SMTP AUTH. Most spammers can easily claim to be a user on a local domain ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", for example). > When I choose the no mail relay, I can't seem to send mail out at all - even > from my client ( I am on a different IP network). That's because you have to use SMTP AUTH ("My mail server requires authentication" in your mail client). > What if I set it up to relay for local users only? Is this any better than > relay for local hosts only? Both allow a spammer to send mail from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
