Author: Jan-Peter Koopmann Date: To: Marc Perkel, Jim Roberts CC: Exim Users Mailing List Subject: RE: [exim] Re: Thoughts on Open Relays
Marc,
> Some people I know might find an open relay to be a way to
> send a message when they might suspect the their ISP might be
> taping their email. I had a situation like that happen to
> someone and if they had a trusted open relay they could have
> sent email to people without Apple taping their messages.
And why should they trust you? The ISP could easily sniff port 25 traffic for that customer nevertheless. No real advantage here.
> So - there are legitimate uses for open relays.
I don't think so. In your example: Why exactly can the user/client not use SMTP Authentication? He could also contact you and have his IP adress added at your mail server. All these scenarios could easily be solved without open relays.
