Re: dma user config

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :yes, but smarthosts usually have a user/password associated, to prevent=20
> :the world from relaying through the box.  but it doesn't make sense to=20
> :have different user/passwords for each sending user, no?  Actually I'm no=
> :t=20
> :sure how such a config would look like.  A multi user system might want t=
> :o=20
> :use a real mailer then, I guess.
> :
> :cheers
> :   simon
>
>     Smarthosts do not usually have user/password authentication.  Instead
>     they are typically either MX based or explicitly allow 'relay'
>     connections for particular domains or IP ranges.

all of the smarthosts I use are authenticated.  that's because users are 
behind dialup and thus don't have a fixed IP address.

i think we shouldn't get carried away.  if it doesn't work with dma, you 
can still install a traditional MTA.

cheers
  simon

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