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Qmail problem?

waterboy

Qmail problem?
« on: June 24, 2005, 07:44:37 PM »
I am wondering if someone with qmail experience could offer some assistance.  My SME box is my gateway to the internet from home network.  I'm using a laptop with the Thunderbird mail client on it.  In Thunderbird I've configured my outgoing mail server as my company's mail server (it requires auth and uses TLS).  Well when I send mail outbound it seems that my SME box is intercepting it, preventing me from using TLS and now I just got a bounced message back saying my mail server IP is on the SORBS list since I have a dynamic IP through verizon.  I could shut off qmail and I assume that would do it, but I use that part for my personal email.

I'm just wondering if there is a way to turn off this intercepting action that my SME box is taking so that I can use my company's SMTP server to send mail out.  

TIA!

Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: Qmail problem?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2005, 12:37:45 AM »
Quote from: "waterboy"
I am wondering if someone with qmail experience could offer some assistance.  My SME box is my gateway to the internet from home network.  I'm using a laptop with the Thunderbird mail client on it.  In Thunderbird I've configured my outgoing mail server as my company's mail server (it requires auth and uses TLS).
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I'm just wondering if there is a way to turn off this intercepting action that my SME box is taking so that I can use my company's SMTP server to send mail out.  


Search here for "SMTP transparent proxy". Or for "SMTP authentication".

waterboy

Qmail problem?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2005, 02:27:53 AM »
Thanks Charlie!!

Found this in another thread for those interested:

A transparent SMTP proxy has been added, to force all outgoing SMTP connections to go through the SME server. This feature enhances security with respect to viruses and worms that use SMTP to propagate themselves.

If you wish to disable this proxy, you can do so via:

/sbin/e-smith/config setprop smtpfront-qmail Proxy disabled
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event remoteaccess-update