Postfix and Unitywave: Need POP-before-SMTP

It prevents people from arbitrarily using a machine as a SMTP server who
don't belong on it though... Yahoo uses it, and before I began running my
own SMTP server, I had to deal with the login before sending scenario.

Patrick


On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jason wrote:

> Theres a beautiful irony in that.
>
> Most of the people who are running the SMTP servers have some other
> method (constant connection, for example) of avoiding the problems
> they themselves are so skilled at creating, so they havent even
> bothered adressing the issue. Just another example of how screwed up
> the internet gets when the openness is lost.
>
> William Lindley wrote:
> > I've found LOTS of info (on Google et al) about how to set up a Postfix
> > *server* to require POP-before-SMTP...
> >
> > BUT NOWHERE is the answer to:
> >
> > * How do I set Postfix to login to SMTP before sending mail?
>
>