Try adding a single range of IPs to the SMTP allowed IPs setting and see if that makes 
a difference.

Regards,

Howie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [iMS] kind of a basic smtp theory question


> 
> >>But how do I require users to authenticate on smtp?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The only thing you should need to do is enable both types of smtp authentication in 
> >the SMTP server settings and, as I mentioned, FusionMail should deny relay except 
> >for authenicated users.
> >
> 
> I put the original fusionmail templates back in the domains directory, 
> but I can configure my email client here at work to use no 
> authentication at all on smtp, incorrect auth on pop3, and both to: and 
> from: are foreign domains, but the server still delivers successfully. I 
> also got picked up by spam servers again as an open relay, and I had to 
> put the <cfif authenticated neq "yes"> back in to stop them. Did I maybe 
> screw something up in the ims config program?
> 
> 
> >>Maybe I am confused as to how smtp/post/relay work together?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The POST server will send any mail that is present in its queue.  So, if a mail 
> >gets to the POST queue it will be sent.
> >
> >What you want to do is prevent unauthorized mail from getting there in the first 
> >place and that is where SMTP auth comes into play.
> >
> But smtp auth is not required?  If a foreign user sends email to one of 
> my users, doesn't the foreign user's smtp server send directly to my 
> smtp server via a non-authenticated connection? So what is the 
> difference between that versus a spammer using me as a relay?
> 
> 
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