Re: [Exim] Using ACL to block spaam... possible?

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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Para: Dean Brooks
CC: Nico Erfurth, exim-users
Assunto: Re: [Exim] Using ACL to block spaam... possible?
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Dean Brooks wrote:

> How can I configure Exim to always *allow* authentication, but to only
> advertise it in certain situations?


You can't. It is against the RFC, which is why I tightened this up.

> If there isn't a way to do this, can a way be implemented?


Why do you need it?

> We dont advertise AUTH on our internal networks because its not needed
> or wanted, so "auth_advertise_hosts = ! +localhosts". Now, we have
> local users who leave SMTP auth turned on even when their computers
> are on our local network (i.e. VPN, laptop).


If they have RFC-compliant clients, they should not be attempting to
authenticate to a server that does not advertise AUTH.

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