IIS and SMTP - is smtp authentication necessary??

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is smtp authentication necessary??

Rea Peleg

2004-08-04, 2:50 am

Hi eb
Are there any other risks than spam,
when not applying authentication
to the smtp service??

I want to prevent the overhead of username & password maintanence.

Cheers
Rea

Rea

Kristofer Gafvert

2004-08-05, 8:37 am

Uhm...well...they can use the SMTP server to send threats and other
unpleasant emails to people. This of course does not look good for the
company, because your companies SMTP server will be the sender.

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"Rea Peleg" <rea_p@afek.co.il> wrote in message
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> Hi eb
> Are there any other risks than spam,
> when not applying authentication
> to the smtp service??
>
> I want to prevent the overhead of username & password maintanence.
>
> Cheers
> Rea
>
> Rea
>
>