john
At 02:12 PM 12/6/97 -0000, you wrote:
>Just a tip here. I tried using the "Accept Only Local Mail" feature in
>NTMail, which is similar to what Larry is suggesting. But if one of my
>customers uses a "permanent" email address ( i.e. john@iname.com or
>john@poboxes.com ) in their email's From clause, their email is treated as
>non-local - meaning they get rejected.
>
>I don't know if Post.Office has a way around this. Just wanted to make you
>aware.
>
>- Danny Sinang
>
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>> From: Larry List <larrylist@involved.com>
>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> Subject: Re:
>> Date: Saturday, December 06, 1997 1:39 PM
>>
>> John.
>> go to system config menu
>> go to restrict mail relaying
>> click on " In general, restrict relay mail except as indicated below: "
>> in below list your networks IP adresses
>> this will prevent mail from being sent thru your server unless it
>> originates on your network.
>> too bad everyone cannot do this the spammers would shrivel and die like
>> the vermin they are :)
>>
>>
>> >From: John D. Kerr <john.kerr@peel.com>
>> >To: NTISP@emerald.iea.com <NTISP@emerald.iea.com>
>> >Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 2:37 PM
>> >
>> >
>> >>Email Relaying Restriction
>> >>
>> >>Over the past few days, our systems have been used as a relay host for
>> >>subscribers of other services (in the most recent case - CompuServe) to
>> >>forward out hundreds of Spam messages. This action has put a tremendous
>> >>load on the servers, and generated hundreds of failed attempt message
>to
>> >>the administrator (me!).
>> >>
>> >>We are running the latest release of Post.Office (v3.1.2) and it offers
>> >>features to block/eliminate this type of activity (at least they claim
>this
>> >>in their adverts). I have reviewed the options available, and there are
>> >>many - but I have not quite figured out the best solution for our
>setup.
>> >>
>> >>What I think is the best solution, which I think would solve my problem
>is
>> >>as follows:
>> >>- Allow mail from ANY outside domains to flow freely into domains
>hosted on
>> >>our mail server. This would mean blocking any mail not for local
>domains.
>> >>- Allow mail from ANY IP addresses on my local domain to flow out
>freely.
>> >>
>> >>This sounds like a simple solution to me, but I cannot figure out how
>(or
>> >>even if this is possible) to do with Post.Office. Has anyone any
>experience
>> >>in this type of configuration with Post.Office?
>> >>
>> >>My second question, also around Post.Office, is whether I can have all
>> >>messages which go to the Mail Administrator (error messages) go into a
>NUL
>> >>device?? I really don't want to have to look at all the error messages
>on
>> >>the Mail Administrator account daily, nor do I want to be forced to
>clear
>> >>out message from the "Deferred Mail", "Handle Error Messages" system
>> >>administrator option.
>> >>
>> >>Any advice on these situations would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>John
>> >>john.kerr@peel.com
>> >>
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