[lug] ssl based authenticated smtp

Sean Reifschneider jafo at tummy.com
Wed Nov 28 01:19:02 MST 2001


On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:08:56PM -0500, Hugh Brown wrote:
>I am looking for a way to require authenticated smtp (SMTP AUTH works)
>in such a way that the SMTP AUTH isn't sniffable.  I have a number of

Often the way this is handled is that an IP address which does a successful
POP connection, it opens up your SMTP server to allow relaying from that
IP.  This is the so-called "POP before SMTP".

Sean
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