Absolutley, but you will still get pounded by script kiddies who have huge botnets looking to make a quick buck out of sending 5 million emails through your server. Not only that, configuring it so it's not an open relay is a lot harder than it sounds. You also have to keep on top of security updates much more than you'd have to do otherwise. Overall, it's a lot of pain for little gain. IMO at least. Martin On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:30:59 -0400, John Nichel <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Martin Alderson wrote: > <snip> > > I suggest that you do not enable SMTP connections. Every ISP should > > provide an SMTP relay that people can use. Enabling SMTP connections > > can sadly mean your server will get pounded with spammers, and there > > is nothing much you can do about it. > </snip> > > Sure there is. Make sure you don't set up an open relay. > > -- > John C. Nichel > ÜberGeek > KegWorks.com > 716.856.9675 > john@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
