smtp-server?

[Nigel Jones]

On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 02:01 +0200, Thomas Spura wrote:
> At the moment, it should not be possible to set a @fedoraproject.org
> adress in any mail client - natively.
> Only via From headers, which allows your email to appear as being 'from'
> your aliases, but only appearing...[1]
> I whished you could set up a smpt server in order to make it possible to
> send mails from the fedoraproject account.
> At the moment i'm only able to receive mails, via another mail-box, but
> am not able to sent mails which 'appear' to be from @fedoraproject.org
I'm against this because of the risk of some idiot deciding to use our
SMTP server to send bunches of SPAM e-mails.  Add in issues with RBLs
and what not.

I should also add that this is nowhere near a fix as many ISPs have
started blocking SMTP access for their users to servers that they do not
control, for this very same reason.  So no, I don't think configuring an
SMTP server with worth the time and effort for a few people that are
unable to 'fake' the From: field in their clients.

- Nigel
> 
>  Thomas
> 
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EmailAliases 
> 
> 
> Am Freitag, den 03.10.2008, 21:30 +0200 schrieb Mike McGrath:
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Thomas Spura wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > Sorry if this discussion has already been made...
> > >
> > > Why isn't it possible to configure an smtp-server to send
> > > username at fedoraproject.org mails?
> > >
> > > Without it, I'm not able to properly use my fedora-mailadress - at least
> > > at the moment.
> > >
> > > Or are there any workarounds for people without an own mail-server?
> > >
> > 
> > In your mail client you should be able to set a @fedoraproject.org
> > address.  Lots of other providers support this as well (like gmail for
> > example)
> > 
> >         -Mike
> 
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