Re: [CORE] SPF Record ...

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- --On Thursday, November 16, 2006 22:21:45 -0800 Josh Berkus
<josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
wrote:

> Marc,
>
>> > Since those having @postgresql.org accounts shoudl be limited to these
>> > two lists, can anyone comment on a) is this a bad idea? and b) would they
>> > be affected because they don't use SMTP AUTH and c) why aren't you using
>> > SMTP AUTH? ...
>>
>> I send SMTP from literally dozens of different IP addresses through
>> josh(at)postgreSQL(dot)org due to having my laptop on wireless with me wherever I
>> go. How will this work?
>
> Or more to the point: I don't understand what SMTP AUTH is. Googling for a
> definition leaves me unenlightened. Can some one explain how it works?

All our mail servers (@hub.org) are closed relays ... you can't send email
through them *unless* you use SMTP AUTH to authenticate yourself as being a
legit user ...

I don't know what mail reader you are using, and they call it differently on
each, but when you setup your SMTP Server for josh(at)postgresql(dot)org account
settings, there should be a check box for 'SMTP AUTH' or 'Require
Authentication for SMTP' or something like that ...

Then, when you connect to mail.postgresql.org to *send* an email, the first
thing it will do is use your josh(at)postgresql(dot)org / passwd to authenticate you
as a valid user to relay through the server and allow you to send ...

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