From: Steve C. (stevec50_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 13:23:28 EST
The default for Pointcast is to allow ANY machine to
send through it but it can be configured to allow
only certain ones.
> That's an excellent point. Anyone who installs an
> SMTP server on their own
> machine should make sure it does not allow
> connections from anywhere else.
> Don't assume that the default installation options
> have the correct security
> settings! Configure it to accept connections only
> from localhost, and *test*
> it by trying to connect to it from elsewhere on the
> Internet.
>
> Any decent server should allow you to configure it
> so no one else can access
> it. VPOP3, which I use, can be configured this way.
> (I don't recall what its
> default settings are.) I hope the PointCast Server
> which was just
> recommended can also be configure securely--I'll be
> interested to find out.
>
> (Although this topic isn't directly related to
> ThinkPads, I hope it may be
> of interest to a fair number of ThinkPad users who
> face the problem of
> sending email while connected to the Internet in
> different ways.)
>
> -Mike
>
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Sprint Broadband Direct Sucks, they should call it Sprint Narrowband! That is, when it's not DOWN! My old phone modem was faster!
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