Sendmail authentication?

[Christos Ricudis]

Hello Antonis!

  On 17 Jul 01, Antonis Malihutsakis wrote to All with subject "Sendmail
authentication?":

 AM> dyo ervthseis...

 AM> 1. Yparxei tropos wste na mporw na zhtaw apo ton xrhsth na kanei
 AM> authentication sto smtp kai sygkekrimena sto sendmail?

Nai, kai einai poly boliko, giati sou epitrepei na exeis ena matso 
authentucated users poy mporoun na kanoyn relay to mail toys apo to sendmail 
sou, opoy ki an briskontai. Etsi 8a stamathsoun na gkriniazoyn kiolas ("Ti 
paei na pei de mporw na xrhsimopoihsw ton mail server ths etairias moy gia na 
steilw to mail moy apo to spiti?"). 

To Sendmail AUTH support yparxei apo to sendmail 8.11 kai panw, ka 
xrhsimopoiei th SASL library, poy edw poy ta lene den einai oute oti pio 
omorfo oute oti pio eyxrhsto yparxei ston kosmo, alla th douleia ths 
thn kanei. Ypopshn oti an SE NOIAZEI to security, 8a prepei na
xrhsimopoihseis MD5 passwords kanontas disable to plaintext LOGIN
authentication, pragma poy shmainei syn tois allois oti den 8a mporeis pleon
na kaneis authenticate toys users sou apo to /etc/passwd. Den kserw poso
problhma einai ayto gia sena. 

 AM> 2. Mporw me kapoio tropo na pairnw ola ta ekserxomena mail pou
 AM> feugoun apo to sendmail?

Mporeis, alla 8eleis pragmatika na diabazeis to mail twn users? 

Den einai oti einai paranomo,

Den einai oti einai anh8iko,

Einai aplws oti einai BARETO na diabazeis ta mail ths arrabwniastikias toy
diey8ynth pwlhsewn poy stelnei syntages gia gioubarlakia toursi sthn 8eia
ths ston Axladokampo, kai to teleytaio anekdoto poy stelnei h grammateas toy
dioikhtikou se opoion tyxainei na exei e-mail account sthn epixeirhsh. 

--
Christos Ricudis

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