[Dovecot] Sending email using IMAP
Bernd Petrovitsch
bernd at firmix.at
Fri Nov 3 22:37:08 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 11:00 -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Steven F Siirila wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:36:13AM -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
[...]
> > > IMAP requires a password. SMTP it's optional.
> >
> > Not at the University of Minnesota.
> > We require ESMTP STARTTLS/AUTH over the standard mail submission port (587).
The question is: How do you enforce it on submission via port 25?
> OK - but the rest of the world varies from what the University of
> Minnesota does.
Not all of it. And if, then it is their choice.
Perhaps you should submit an RFC for a better SMTP requiring
authentication and other anti-spam meassures.
Bernd
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