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From: kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix authentication
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:47:36
Message-Id: 4429D803.6040909@badapple.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Postfix authentication by JimD
1 JimD wrote:
2 > Can Postfix do authentication on its own? I currently use
3 > Postfix/SASL. I am building a mail server and I was wondering if I
4 > need SASL.
5 >
6 > My mail server setup is simple. There are only two users, my wife and
7 > everything else goes to me. I want Postfix to send emails from
8 > localhost to anywhere and from remote hosts to anywhere if
9 > authenticated.
10 >
11 > I don't have a problem with my current postfix/sasl setup. However, I
12 > would rather have as little software running as possible to simplify
13 > the new setup.
14
15 Nope you need sasl if you'd like to auth from outside the system.
16
17 Or you can just ssh in and tunnel your email down your session which
18 will appear to be coming from localhost or a trusted IP. Or go with some
19 sort of VPN type setup. sasl is probably easier than all that.
20
21 kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix authentication JimD <Jim@×××××××××××××××××.org>