PATCH (for ZMailer): handling authenticated users - hints for other MTAs

[Mariano Absatz]

El 21 May 2004 a las 9:11, Martin Hepworth escribió:

> Mariano Absatz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > an ISP wants to detect 'outgoing' spam, that is, when their own customers are
> > abusing its mail servers for spamming.
> >
> 
> I find most of the spam eminating from people are throught trojaned
> computers nowadays. I think the only way to 'detect' these automajically
> is to use a proxy for SMTP and allow no direct port 25 attachments
> 'from' an 'internal machine. You can then scan the email and react
> accordinly.
> 
> Or maybe I'm talking out the wrong end of my alimentary canal as per usual?

Martin,

that is a different beast... it is true, and supposedly the network security 
people is dealing with this, but this particular ISP _does_ have a problem 
with outgoing mail gatewayed thru its own mail servers, properly 
authenticated, so I need this.

--
Mariano Absatz
El Baby
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