Re: [Exim] Ident (RFC1413)

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Author: William Thompson
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To: Colm MacCarthaigh, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Ident (RFC1413)
> > I can see why it was considered useful in the days when e-mail users were logged in
> > on multi-user systems, but it seems to me that Ident is completely pointless these
> > days and I can see no way in which it can provide anything useful to my server.
>
> I find it extremely useful for keeping tabs on mail-relay users
> for outbound mail, that way if one of them abuses the system
> we have some tracability, we run identd on our hosts.
>
> For inbound mail, it really is pointless these days.


Not entirely. Open proxies (CacheFlow Server, and squid) are easily
blockable by using ident.