On 2 Jan 2002 at 7:39, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 04:16:15PM +1000, Adrian Bolzan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What are people's viws on SMTP Proxies?
>
> Bullshit (with Postfix)
>

pretty succinct. ;-)

> > Should you use one?
>
> No
>
> > If not, what functionality do you lose? or just, why not?
>
> What problem are you trying to solve? Postfix is not a crappy Exchange
> "Server" or a Lotus Domino server which could be exploited easily.
>

My boss has asked me to minimise contact between the internet and the
internal network (understandable).

Regarding e-mail, he thought that a smtp proxy would assist in this,
although I realised that (a) it would be another server that could fail,
need maintainance, etc.; and (b) postfix is very secure, as is linux (or
can be).

I really just wanted other people's opinion on this.

> Another system that will introduce errors, maintenance and a point of
> failure.
>
> > Internet ---> SMTP Proxy (in DMZ)
> > ---> Postfix server (on Internal Network)
> > ---> Groupware server (on Internal Network)
>
> Save the money and use:
>
> Internet ---> Postfix server (in DMZ)
> ---> Groupware server (on Internal Network)
>

sounds good, and this will fit in well with our new anti-virus set up.

> > similarly, what about POP3 proxies? worth the effort?
>
> No.
>

i did not think so.

thanks,

adrian

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