----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, James P. Roberts wrote:
>
> > Oh, one question... I just noticed the "applies to all non-interactive"
> > bit... Does this mean someone could still get past this non-SMTP ACL by
> > sitting at a terminal and typing away?
>
> No.
>
> > Is there an ACL for *interactive* non-SMTP incoming messages? I did not
see
> > one...
>
> That's because there's no such thing as an "interactive non-SMTP
> incoming message". By "interactive" I didn't mean "coming from a
> terminal", I meant "protocol in which the server and client exchange
> data with each other" - in other words, "proper" SMTP, where the client
> sends a command and waits for a response, etc.
>
> Here's an enumeration of all the ways you can inject messages into Exim:
>
> 1. SMTP over TCP/IP (to the loopback address or real IP address).
> 2. SMTP over stdin/stdout (the -bs option).
>
> 3. Command line with recipients on command line.
> 4. Command line with recipients in message (the -t option).
> 5. Command line with recipients in SMTP format (the -bS option).
>
> The first two use the SMTP ACLs and are "interactive"; the remaining 3
> use the non-SMTP ACL and are not.
>
> Philip
>
Thank you, sir! As always, you are both clear and helpful!
Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.
