[Cialug] SMTP Relay

[David Champion]

Ah, so YOU'RE the guy that still uses sendmail. :p

I'm using postfix.

-dc

Roach, John wrote:
> Hmm, I am just using sendmail with the authorization protocols, and then enabling a username and password with the outgoing mail auth settings in the client. Here is a link to the sendmail info on It.
>  
> http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html
>  
> John
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> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of David Champion
> Sent: Tue 7/10/2007 1:29 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] SMTP Relay
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> 
> James Shoemaker wrote:
>>   Anyone have a favorite SMTP relay provider?  I have a static IP, but
>> no reverse DNS to it and I have started getting issues sending email to
>> some domains so I need a system to relay through that has proper DNS
>> entries.  Don't mention using my provider's SMTP server as they don't
>> provide one, just webmail.  Switching providers is also not an option as
>> they are the only one.
>>
>> James
> 
> Speaking of smtp... what are people doing for allowing remote smtp
> authentication? I'm using pop-before-smtp. It kinda works, but has
> problems. To use it, I have to start my email client, the send an email
> to myself (or anyone at my domain). If I don't do this, and try to send
> an email to anyone outside, I get a relaying denied message. After a
> while (30 minutes or so) the session times out, and I'll start getting
> the relaying denied message. I have to close the email client and start
> it again, and send myself another message...
> 
> -dc
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