Re: [magicmail-users] SMTP authentication

[Michael Peddemors <michael@linuxmagic.com>]

On July 18, 2004 07:25 pm, Paul Dorman wrote:
> Hello all, this is my first post to the list so please forgive me if I'm
> entering FAQ territory.

Feel free, we need to get the new website online, with list archives and FAQS 
soon, but until then, ask away..

> I have deployed the magic-smtpd on my servers and would like to offer
> authenticated smtp so *some* of my users. Can I do this and still rely on
> my default relays for the rest of my users? That is, does implementing SMTP
> authentication break the defaults?

SMTP authentication will be usually either on or off, however since we use an 
external program, you can theoretically  limit only 'some' users to have 
this, however, SMTP authentication still honours the default relays in 
tcprules.  By that, I mean SMTP authentication, simply adds a person to the 
Relay list, if they aren't already on it.  Most of the time, system admins 
tend to use the same program for SMTP auth as they do for checking POP 
passwords, but you can either specify a seperate program, or write a wrapper 
to limit SMTP auth to only certain people.

> I'm also wondering if there's any move towards TLS SMTP authentication with
> magic-smtpd as a supported option.

Yes, our lead developer reminds me he needs time for this on a regular 
basis :)

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