OS/2 Sendmail - Rexx (was: Mail store and forward gateway setup)

Wilson Rook pmmail@rpglink.com
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 01:45:34 -0500 (EST)


Attached is the rexx script that is used with PowerWeb Email Server.
The server would have to call the script for each email.

SNIP
>>>Even if you can not block relay outright, could you filter for approved 
>>>IP address and valid local domains?
>>
>>In linux there is a nice package called "tcp_wrappers" that does this:
>>instead of inetd invoking the requested service directly it calls the
>>tcp_wrapper program, which compares the requesting address with a list of
>>approved/denied addresses and either invokes the requested service or
>>refuses the connection. This isn't perfect; it is still subject to
>>breaching by address spoofing and in any case, it is not usually
>>recommended to have inetd start sendmail anyway as a busy mail server can
>>easily get bogged down with this extra processing.  Finally, I'm not aware
>>that tcp_wrappers is available for OS/2 yet anyway.
>
>There is a similar package on Hobbes.  Look for "sinetd10.zip" --
>Super Inetd.  I've not yet used it, but it looks like it will do the
>trick.
>