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Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:32:50 -0600
From:  Larry Smith <lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11868] Re: Relay Problems.
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <200802011032.50439.lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
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On Friday 01 February 2008 07:36, Brian wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 4:23 AM, Larry Smith wrote:
> > Actually I believe the SMTP-AUTH (which uses the submit.cf
> > configuration
> > from /etc/mail) bypasses this (rbl check) and will allow any
> > _authenticated_
> > IP to send.
>
> Send from that one server perhaps, but the dynamic  IP address should/
> could still be in the header info and that will get you blocked
> further down the line, many times:  just having a bad-reputation IP
> somewhere in the relay info for that mail.
>
> Brian

Yes, that is possible, but believe the original point/question was that his 
own box (based on the RBL he uses) is blocking the dynamic IP from sending.  
The smtp-auth will get around that issue much better than pop-b4-relay.

-- 
Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad (at mark) ecsis.net