Topic: smtp gateway

[Graeme Robinson]

I can't quite believe this hasn't been thought of before but searching finds nought:

Many SME servers are on ADSL dynamic IP ranges that are subject to either RBL blacklisting or port blocking by ISPs to minimise the possibility of Spam servers on their networks.  These realities restrict the usefulness of SME as a mail server or stop it's outbound capability altogether.

I overcame this by creating a custom template to add my ISPs upstream SMTP gateway as the defaut smtp route in:
/var/qmail/control/smtproutes

I suspect a server manager field "upstream/ISP SMTP server" in email configuration performing this action is one that many users would have a use for.

[Charlie Brady]

Graeme Robinson wrote:
 
> I suspect a server manager field "upstream/ISP SMTP server"
> in email configuration performing this action is one that
> many users would have a use for.

You mean, something like the "Internet provider's SMTP server" setting in the Other E-mail settings panel, Graeme? Funny you haven't noticed that before . [I think you can remove your custom template now.]


Charlie

[Graeme Robinson]

Something about being too close to the woods to see the trees! Don't think I've had cause to use this before I guess. Also the splitting of email config into two panel items  is a gotcha (now folded into one in the GPL beta under configuration/Email  I note).