> Verizon  DSL  has  done the same thing with forien SMTP traffic..The
> best  fix for this is to set you SMTP relay to require Authenication
> for  relay and allow relay from all address.

Er...ah...nonsense!  If  they ban port 25 traffic, SMTP AUTH is banned
as  well.  You  seem  unclear  on  the  issue,  and unclear on IMail's
options,  as "Allow relay from all addresses" is not an actual setting
(unless you're talking about the horrific "Anyone can relay"). I can't
follow your logic, frankly.

> Then  your MSN users can use your mail server as thier pop3 and smtp
> server with no issues with MSN.

Um,  care  to  test this out with daemons listening only on TCP 25 and
110 and traffic blocked to TCP 25 and 110?

> The  danger  with  this is logon and passwords are passed with clear
> text.

This  is  not  true.  SMTP  AUTH  CRAM-MD5  and  POP3 APOP do not send
cleartext.  SMTP  AUTH  LOGIN and PLAIN are lightly encoded and easily
cracked  once sniffed, but not technically in cleartext. Only standard
POP3 is in cleartext.

> Next  you  should have a SPAM Policy with users signing the document
> stating no e-mails with more than 50 address on them.

In  IMail,  you  can restrict the number of RCPT TO: commands. This is
built  into  the  product.  Though, again, you're barking up the wrong
tree.

> Mull it over and let me know what happens.

I've  mulled it over, and I've decided that you should read my earlier
posts  on  this issue and search the archives as well. ;) Or maybe you
need to restate your points.

-Sandy


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