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Re: I need secure mail!



I think what you need to do is figure out what your needs are first. What
you are suggestiong is that you want an unknown (anonymous) box to connect
to your mail server via port 25 (sendmail) and somehow login
first? Without some way to secure the connection you would be sending a
user name and password openly. Why not do something *ahem* simple and just
use good e-mail encryption, or better yet why not just have the users log
into the box remotely via SSH and send mail internally? Or hey, if you are
really feeling ambitious you could pass it all over the web with secure
HTTP connections. How much security does one need with e-mail? Why not
just fax the documents over anonymous cell phones?

-z-


On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, aparra wrote:

> 
> 
> Greg Wiley wrote:
> 
> > On Friday, June 29, 2001 12:39 PM, aparra@idecnet.com spake:
> > 
> >>I neet to know if I can find on Debian any imap server that alows me to 
> >>use secure conections, and also if I can ask for a password on any smtp 
> >>server, exim, smail, ... My problem is that I have to accept mail from 
> >>anywere, but it's too dangerous, so I want some way to solve it.
> >>
> > 
> > To the second: yes, exim allows you to require
> > authentication for relay operations. Look at the
> > "host_auth_accept_relay" config param.
> 
> 
> 
> I need to accept mail, by smtp, from any unknown host, when a valid user 
> use the imap service. So the user have a valid username and a valid 
> password, and I want to use it as a validation for accept relay to any 
> email addres inside my server or outside.
> 
> 
> > 
> > For the first, do you mean that you want to prevent
> > eavesdropping on your imap connections, or do you
> > wish to secure your imap server from unauthorized
> > use?
> 
> 
> 
> The question is about where can I found some IMAP server that accept 
> secure connections.
> 
> 
> > 
> >   -g
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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