Re: Mac OS X Server Mail Problem

David C. Stone <no.email@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <1h80gd5.oztnvt1t4y24gN%dfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dale Friesen
> <dfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
[snip]
> > I'm under pressure to make it easy for people to e-mail us. We're a
> > retail environment, and the last thing my bosses want is to bounce
> > e-mail sent to us from legitimate customers.
>
> My miscommunication - do not accept mail that is to be sent _outbound_
> from your server on behalf of anyone other than authenticated local
> users.

I understand now. Yes, that's how I've set it up.

> > Is there a way to run password checking in Mac OS X to filter for this
> > sort of thing? Red Hat had a warning in linuxconf if people entered
> > boneheaded passwords. I'm also looking for a way to force users to
> > change their passwords periodically.
>
> That depends a little on how everything is configured in server 10.4,
> which is not a version I have much experience with. I know this was
> discused with the original 10 and 10.1 releases. It _should_ be
> possible, although whether this extends to mail authentication depends
> a little on how the latter has been set up (I know in exim you can
> allow different authentication methods, some of which use different
> user name/password combinations than user login/password).

Now that I have the server accepting mail I can take my leisure and
actually learn how to run the thing. Sadly, there aren't any books
available about Server 10.4 yet, but I'll study some internet resources
until that changes.

If nothing else I could always start using LDAP, but that seems like
overkill.

> Good luck!

Thanks! You've been a great help!

--
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Bolen Books.
Dale Friesen, Sysadmin
Bolen Books, Inc Victoria, BC Canada
dalef@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bolen.bc.ca
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