Re: [Exim] Different delivery according to address?

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Author: Leonardo Boselli
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To: Christi Alice Scarborough
CC: Robert Ribnitz, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Different delivery according to address?
Two firends have told me that some ISP refuse sending thought their relay
not only messages "in transit" but even messages originating from their
dialup lines, unless they use a From address of one of their users.
So if one has another address and want to send a message with that one
has to resort to direct mailing from their dialup machine. How can you
cope with it ?


On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Christi Alice Scarborough wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:10:20AM +0200, Robert Ribnitz wrote:
> > 2) queue remote mail rewriting addresses
> >     a) send to a smarthost (provider's smtp) if the domain of the recipient
> >        is listed in a file (eg. /etc/smarthostdomains)
> >     b) send directly otherwise

>
> As a matter of policy, I strongly advise against this. Refusing to
> accept direct SMTP mail from a dialup host is one of the most
> effective weapons a sysadmin has in combating spam, and more and
> more administrators are doing this. Your ISP will provide you with
> a smarthost, and you should use this for all outbound mail. There
> are also advantages to doing so in that a permenantly connected
> static host can be more flexible about retries.
>
> Christi
>
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