John Andersen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Friday, 2009-04-03 at 10:54 +0700, Arie Reynaldi Z wrote:
I have 2 mail server, 1 as primary server that has POP (using qmail), the other 1 smtp (using postfix). They both in my network. I make like this because load in primary server is so high because of blocking spam and viruses. The've been work for almost 2 years, but now there's a problem, since some of our sales person needs to sent mail through our mail server, i need to make SMTP-Auth because right now the cant do it (rcpthost not allowed or Relay access denied). So question is, can I make a standalone SMTP Server with smtp-auth without using pop / imap ? I've googling, and i only see howto make smtp-server and pop/imap in the same server. smtp auth is not related to pop, unless you mean to use "pop before smtp"; if thats what you want, I don't know how it can be done. Instead, postfix uses login/pass:
/usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/README_FILES/SASL_README
I understood the question was more concerned with feeding inbound mail from his smtp server to his pop/imap server which were on different machines.
Authenticated smpt can be a bit tricky to set up, although yast has made it easier in the last few releases. Still you end up needing certs and self signed certs cause problems for some MUAs.
No, you don't need ssl certificates to authenticate to Postfix. If you are using cleartext passwords it is recommended to encrypt the connection. It is possible to use use client certificates to authenticate, though it is a bit unusual and AFAIK only possible in more current versions of Postfix. To answer the original question: the official documentation at www.postfix.org is very explicit on how to configure smtp authentication so a user can authenticate to the server in order to use the server as a relay. http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html Though it would be nice to know if the system in question is actually using Postfix. (^-^) -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org