[Dovecot] vpopmail

[C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics]

Magnus,

On 2006-06-04 14:27 +0200 Magnus Holmgren (holmgren at lysator.liu.se) wrote:

> On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:34, C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics took the 
> opportunity to write:
> > 1. Would you be able to explain to me how SMTP AUTH prevents virus
> >    relay that cannot be accomplished with POP-before-SMTP?
> 
> With POP-before-SMTP: You check your mail with POP -> you can then send mail 
> for, say, 30 minutes, but so can viruses, from any computer behind the same 
> NAT box even.
> With SMTP AUTH: Password must be supplied with every mail transmission, which 
> means that viruses must steal it from you, which is far from impossible but 
> at least presents an obstacle.

I see the argument.  The objective here is to allow relay by Linux
laptops running qmail which receive mail from Pine running on the
laptops.  SMTP server would have SMTP level virus and spam check to
counter this problem.

Thank you.


Kenneth Tan
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