RE: [cobalt-users] Pop before SMTP - I've had enough.

[Benedict <jbt@xxxxxxxx>]

Quoting David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> If you have a static ip, you can put it in the relay box.

You mean the public one? Most users have their Cobalt machine
running inside some LAN, using 10. or 192. IP-ranges

> Otherwise, set your email to check on send.  Normally that has it check you
> email before it tries to send.  You can set the time out to a longer amount
> of time.

This is totally unrelated to the problem at hand.

> I also am getting a lot of the errors in my log.  Funny thing is, none of 
> them are my customers.  They are all people trying to relay through my 
> machine.  I have never allowed it.

It's not about relaying, that's the whole point!
People are *sending* email to the server (normal use of port 25)
and they then receive the relay-warning from the server.
They're not using it to relay, they use a different smtp,
namely that of their ISP most likely.

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