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Re: [cobalt-security] Safe SMTP relaying
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Safe SMTP relaying
- From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 03:23:57 -0400
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
> > I have a client that uses an msn account to send and receive
e-mail.
> > How do I go about finding out what IP address to put into the SMTP
"relay
> > for the following hosts/domains" box on the admin pages. Is it
just
> > www.msn.com ?
>
> You don't. You tell him to use MSN's smtp servers. It has become an
accepted
> practice that you use the smtp of your ISP to send email.
Or you use POP-before-SMTP. He checks his mail, he has a 15-minute
window to send mail through the server.
You can adjust the time if you want.
But be aware, spammers can send a lot of email in 15 minutes. ;)
CarrieB