smtp problem

[jimbo100]

i have a customer who is using actinic software and requires the smtp to be "unauthorised".

how can this be done?

thanks

jim

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

Turning off smtp authentication is a huge security hole without any other sort of limitation on who can send email. If you *must* do it, you can add that user's ip to host_accept_relay, to make an exception to the host_auth_accept_relay.

John

[jimbo100]

Thanks John.

i am not sure i want to go down that path then unless i have to...

how do i add the users ip and where ???? if i can find no other solution

jim

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

This would be in the /etc/exim.conf file, exim's configuration file.

About line 121, uncomment the "host_accept_relay" value and put your clients ip in there.

host_accept_relay = 123.234.123.321

John

[jimbo100]

Via telnet to acces the file?

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

I recommend ssh, but yes you must have a shell on that server, as well as root access, to do this modification.

John

[prophecy]

What woudl this be now? I'm getting the same thing trying to go through java and i've tried adding 127.0.0.1, localhost.localdomain on
hostlist relay_hosts
and also on relay_domains and I get this:

javax.mail.SendFailedException: 550 authentication required

Any ideas?

[prophecy]

Ok, now here's some strange, when i change the TO address to a locally hosted domain on the server it works. But the script cannot send email to an external domain.

Strange!

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=2199#post2199

This might only be an issue for exim 4 users, and the fix is in the link above. (Note exim 4 is still in beta).

This only effects programs that use smtp via localhost and exim 4. Most cgi scripts will use the sendmail/exim binary directly, so this wouldn't affect too many people.

John