Re: [Exim] Authentication before any thing

----- Original Message -----
From: "mohammad.meskarian" <mmeskarian@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 5:06 PM
Subject: [Exim] Authentication before any thing


> Dears
>
> Thanks about your replay about exim SMTP authentication
> however exim now is secure against relaying but one big problem is if
> a spammer or hacker try to send email
> to on local address it doesn't require password even we can not stop
> it with host_accept_relay.
>
> Can you help me regards this problem. I want exim doesn't allow any
> thing before authentication
> or Can I use pop before smtp on exim
>
>
> Best regards
> Mo
>

If you require a password to accept incoming email to local addresses, how will
you ever get any email (for example, replies from this list?) Unless you want to
publish your passwords someplace public...

Might I suggest using virus and spam scanners, instead? There are quite a number
of them that work with Exim.

Jim Roberts