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How Should You Handle Remote SMTP Users?

keytoe asks: "With all the recent discussion around here about spam relaying, black hole lists, spam police and so on I've decided to start taking part. According to the Securing and Testing page on ORBS, running sendmail with FEATURE(relay_local_from) enabled is Bad(tm) and the sendmail folk agree. How could one go about setting up selective relaying from remote dialup users without first knowing where they're coming from? Listing 'aol.com' and 'uswest.net' in '/etc/mail/relay-domains' simply subverts the original goal. I'm aware that authenticated SMTP will move toward this goal, but that needs to be supported on the client side - and it's not there yet for all platforms. Additionally, I've seen suggestions to use a POP-before-SMTP hack, but I'm not using the sendmail POP server. In short, I'm seeking a transparent (to the users) replacement for FEATURE(relay_local_from) that actually -will- pass the ORBS test and keep the nasty people out. Am I screwed?"

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