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| author | Edwin Groothuis <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-06 03:25:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Edwin Groothuis <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-06 03:25:48 +0000 |
| commit | a783be95772adb3248cf00add2141e648d352489 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b1ea5931f5d2c9b36027f3fa09e4ecccceaf23e /mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr | |
| parent | cd268cd82fc2d649b4a7d16de561e55187862a91 (diff) | |
| download | ports-a783be95772adb3248cf00add2141e648d352489.tar.gz ports-a783be95772adb3248cf00add2141e648d352489.zip | |
New Port: mail/pop-before-smtp - smtp authentication tool
A log parser to identify valid POP/IMAP logins for later
smtp authentication
PR: ports/49944
Submitted by: Eric W. Bates <ericx@vineyard.net>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=90365
Diffstat (limited to 'mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr b/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c185083d8927 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Spam prevention requires preventing open relaying through email +servers. However, legit users want to be able to relay. If legit users +always stayed in one spot, they'd be easy to describe to the +daemon. However, what with roving laptops, logins from home, etc., +legit users refuse to stay in one spot. + +pop-before-smtp watches the mail log, looking for successful pop/imap +logins, and posts the originating IP address into a database which can +be checked by the MTA, to allow relaying for people who have recently +downloaded their email. + +WWW: http://popbsmtp.sourceforge.net/ |