On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 08:44, James Wilkinson wrote: > khalil KHAMLICHI wrote: > > I m new to linux world & all my previouse mail servers were ms exchange > > servers. i jst installed a sendmail server & it seems to work fine after i > > managed to tweak some config files ... now my last problem is how to allow > > users who are using internet from thier homes or offices & who have accounts > > on this mail server to use it to send mail bcos sendmail doesn't allow > > relaying for them so far. > > There is a major trap for you to fall into here. Since you've been > administering Exchange, you *probably* know about it, but I'll point it > out anyway. > > *Don't*, whatever you do, set up sendmail so the whole world can relay > through it without authentication (e.g. passwords or encryption). You > *will* be found, spammers *will* use your server to send spam, you > *will* be blocked by various spammer lists and umpteen thousand irate > postmasters, and you *should* be kicked by your ISP. Tell your users to use their ISP as their default outgoing mail server. That would be the easiest at this point I would think. They can still pick up mail from you. (as long as your firewall allows it) -=/>Thom
