i guess i'll go for relay-ctrl, as also suggested by Charles Cazabon.
Anyway, i'll search for info on SMTP AUTH too, who knows if it might come
handy some day.
Thank u all for the advice, relay-ctrl here i go :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henning Brauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: quarta-feira, 16 de Maio de 2001 22:36
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Relaying advice
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:51:19PM +0200, Roberto Marzialetti wrote:
> > > I need to provide users with the ability to send mail to anywhere. But
> > since
> > > that can make my server an open relay, i was thinking of a
> solution where
> > a
> > > user must receive mail before sending, thus proving that he
> can use the
> > > server for relaying.
> >
> > you need of vpopmail
>
> Sorry, this is nonsense. You need either one of the
> SMTP-AFTER-POP solutions
> from qmail.org (relay-ctl for example) or a SMTP AUTH patch - or both.
> Clients need to support SMTP AUTH if this is the way you want to go.
>
> --
> * Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.bsws.de *
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> (Dennis Ritchie)
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