SPF Scans on outgoing mail

[Josh Dayberry]

I only want to limit spam and viruses from coming in.  There aren't that 
many users and the setting I am in assumes they are all responsible.

Does anyone know how to stop mailscanner from scanning outgoing e-mail?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Neuman" <alex at nkpanama.com>
To: "MailScanner discussion" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: SPF Scans on outgoing mail


> Don't know if you'd want to; otherwise you wouldn't be able to do MCP and 
> users could be prone to sending out spam/viruses/etc., not to mention 
> timewasters (mp3s, mpgs, etc.)
>
> Josh Dayberry escribió:
>> They are the same address.   Any idea how I can stop mailscanner from 
>> scanner mails from authenticated users?
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Pravin Rane <mailto:pravin.rane at gmail.com>
>>     *To:* MailScanner discussion
>>     <mailto:mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>>     *Sent:* Monday, October 30, 2006 6:46 PM
>>     *Subject:* Re: SPF Scans on outgoing mail
>>
>>     Are your MX and SMTP servers are on different IP address ?
>>
>>     If yes
>>
>>     Then add your SMTP server IP address in SPF record. Which will
>>     just indicate that  MX's as well as SMTP are allowed to send mail
>>     with from address as thematthewsgroup.com
>>     <http://thematthewsgroup.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 10/31/06, *Josh Dayberry* <lists at thematthewsgroup.com
>>     <mailto:lists at thematthewsgroup.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         For someone reason when someone send an e-mail (including
>>         myself) with smtp
>>         auth, the e-mail is scanned, then sent to the recipient, the
>>         SPF tests will
>>         fail on my server's copy of mailscanner because the e-mail
>>         appears to be
>>         from the users computer not the server, but after the e-mail
>>         has been
>>         delivered to another server, it no longer appears as being
>>         sent from only
>>         the users computer so the SPF tests pass.
>>
>>         The SPF tests are my primary concern because they are the
>>         greatest source of
>>         false positives, but ultimately I would rather just not scan
>>         e-mails sent
>>         from users who as authenticated.
>>
>>         Thanks again,
>>         Josh Dayberry
>>
>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>         <mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info>
>>         [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>         <mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info>] On Behalf
>>         Of Alex Neuman
>>         Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:21 PM
>>         To: MailScanner discussion
>>         Subject: Re: SPF Scans on outgoing mail
>>
>>         Josh Dayberry escribió:
>>         >
>>         > Here is my problem. I have many mobile users of my server.
>>         When they
>>         > send e-mail their e-mail fails the SPF tests and their IP is
>>         submitted
>>         > for RBL tests and things of that sort. However, all users
>>         with the
>>         > ability to send e-mail on my server should not have their 
>> e-mail
>>         > scanned at all. Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure
>>         out how to
>>         > stop MailScanner from scanning e-mail received from users who
>>         > authenticate. Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>         >
>>         > Josh Dayberry
>>         >
>>         > josh at thematthewsgroup.com <mailto:josh at thematthewsgroup.com>
>>         >
>>         The mobile users aren't using your server; they're using
>>         someone else's
>>         server to send out e-mail that should be going out of your 
>> server.
>>
>>         Your SPF record is showing the following:
>>
>>         "v=spf1 a mx -all"
>>
>>         Which means only your MX's are allowed to send mail out as
>>         thematthewsgroup.com <http://thematthewsgroup.com>; if your
>>         users are *actually* connecting to your
>>         server, and they're authenticating themselves properly (not using
>>         POP-before-SMTP but *actual* SMTP AUTH), then your SPF checks
>>         should
>>         work, in theory. All of mine do.
>>
>>         What are you using for SPF? In the meantime you can add "~all"
>>         instead
>>         of "-all" to mitigate (not eliminate) the problem while you
>>         find out
>>         what's wrong.
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>>
>>     Pravin
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