check HOST in dot-qmail
I've set up an alias to allow mail to be sent to all the people in our office. I would like to protect this alias from the 'outside'... Would there be any problems with just doing a simple check ala if [ $HOST != freestyleinteractive.com ] go away else everything is cool and go ahead and deliver fi Is there something bad that could happen that I might be over looking in my approach? Would it be best to execute an external shell script from the dot-qmail file and check the return value of that script and then decide what to do? Pat -- Freestyle Interactive | http://www.freestyleinteractive.com | 415.778.0610
Re: check HOST in dot-qmail
Check the ip-chains howto to disable access from the outside to the SMTP port. --Bobby Patrick Berry wrote: I've set up an alias to allow mail to be sent to all the people in our office. I would like to protect this alias from the 'outside'... Would there be any problems with just doing a simple check ala if [ $HOST != freestyleinteractive.com ] go away else everything is cool and go ahead and deliver fi Is there something bad that could happen that I might be over looking in my approach? Would it be best to execute an external shell script from the dot-qmail file and check the return value of that script and then decide what to do? Pat -- Freestyle Interactive | http://www.freestyleinteractive.com | 415.778.0610
Re: check HOST in dot-qmail
Patrick Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've set up an alias to allow mail to be sent to all the people in our office. I would like to protect this alias from the 'outside'... Would there be any problems with just doing a simple check ala if [ $HOST != freestyleinteractive.com ] go away else everything is cool and go ahead and deliver fi Is there something bad that could happen that I might be over looking in my approach? Would it be best to execute an external shell script from the dot-qmail file and check the return value of that script and then decide what to do? Use something like the following as the first line in the list file: |if [ "$HOST" == "freestyleinteractive.com" ; then exit 0; else \ echo "you're not authorized to send to this address"; exit 100; fi [lines broken for readability] If the host is OK, qmail will deliver to the rest of the lines in the file. If it's not, it bounces with the "not authorized" message. -Dave
