IMAP: POP before SMTP ("relay access denied")

Support knowledgebase (hacht_pop_before_smtp_using_drac)
Applies to

SuSE Imap-Server, eMail Server: Version 1.0 and 2

Request:

You would like to use your IMAP server as relay for mail from the internet.

Per default, only machines in your DNS domain are allowed to to send mail via the IMAP server. If a machine gets its IP address dynamically from an internet provider, mails from this machine will not be relayed but instead be rejected with the message: "Recipient address rejected: Access denied"

Procedure:

Further information on 'POP before SMTP' may be found here:

http://www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/drac.shtml
http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca/drac

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Keywords: IMAP, POP, SMTP, IMAP-SERVER, DRAC, RELAY, ACCESS, DENIED

Categories: Installation

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