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List:       webmin-l
Subject:    Re: [webmin-l] usermin mail question
From:       "Jamie Cameron" <jcameron () webmin ! com>
Date:       2013-11-22 18:09:43
Message-ID: 1385143782.31698 () webmin ! com
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On 21/Nov/2013 22:31 Przemysław Orzechowski <przemek.orzechowski@makolab.pl> wrote ..
> W dniu 22.11.2013 02:36, Jamie Cameron pisze:
> > On 21/Nov/2013 16:25 Przemysław Orzechowski <przemek.orzechowski@makolab.pl>
> wrote ..
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I'm using latest virtualmin gpl
> >>
> >> Virtualmin 4.03.gpl GPL
> >> Usermin Version 1.570
> >>
> >> is there a way to setup usermin mail module to send mail via
> >> authenticated smtp using urename and password of currently logged in user ?
> >> I would like to avoid using sendmail binary or allowing unauth
> >> connections from localhost.
> > Unfortunately not. What's wrong with using the sendmail binary though?
> > Are you concerned about mail spoofing by users on the same system?
> its one of the problems yes
> In general im trying to disable any unauthenticated mail submissions (of
> course there are tasks in cron that still use sendmail but in general im
> trying to process maill down the queue based on authenticated sender
> (blocking all mail to non local recipients from non authenticated senders).
> all mails sent via sendmail are detected as not authenticated and thode
> to non local recipients discarded.
> Im also doing roling quotas based on sals authenticated sender wich
> don't work for sendmail submited messages.

The reason why Usermin can't do SMTP authentication for sending email is that
it doesn't have access to the password the user logged in with. All that it
keeps is a session cookie that can be tied to the username.

 - Jamie

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