Re: Linux Mail Client (was: Re: Web browsers for Linux (was: Re: Netscape Bus Error))
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, John Pearson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:31:07AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote
> > Technically, yes. However, if your boss says that work email is not to
> > touch outside SMTP servers as a matter of policy how far do you think "Well,
> > the SMTP server will route it correctly anyway, that is what they do" will
> > fly? There are reasons other than technical to different servers.
>
> *sigh* bosses, bosses, bosses. All other arguments in this thread
> aside, this one is a bit weird. Does your boss realise that any
> non-local mail you send via your work SMTP server will be handed,
> unencrypted and with only the most rudimentary checks, to an outside
> SMTP server for forwarding or delivery?
Um, reverse that. Steve was saying _work_ email touching _outside_
servers. In other words, company email shouldn't pass thru outside mail
servers. This is actually a sound practice, if a bit paranoid, but I can
understand the requirement.
I might have plonked Steve, but don't misstate what he asked.
Seth
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