[dundee] mail delivery program

[Andrew Clayton]

On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 22:12, Mark McRitchie wrote:
> On 20 Jun 2003, Andrew Clayton wrote:
> > Heh.. no need to cc me, I'm subscribed to the list and list mail comes
> > through just the same as everything else... ;)
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 21:50, David R. Baird wrote:
> > > Great! I'll just gird my loins and get stuck in ...
> > > What about login parameters, how are they specified? I'm running
> > > RH 7.2. Yes, it's /etc/sendmail.cf
> > >
> > > d.
> >
> >
> > Errr.. generally speaking you don't need any for SMTP, unless theres
> > some kind of SMTP Auth going on... is this the case for you?
> 
> Its not for SMTP, its for relaying. ISP relays usually work by allowing

Well, whether your relaying or your not, your using SMTP.


> anyone to relay that is from their own address space. Recieving servers

Correct.


> check the various destination addresses... otherwise we'd all be runing

I don't think this is quite right. 

What "receiving" SMTP servers can do is consult various databases of
known open relays etc and decide not to except any mail from them. Some
people will block mail coming from places like hotmail or even entire
countries.


> open relays and the spam would be ridiculous(er).
> 
> Mark.
> 


--
Andrew