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diff --git a/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr b/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c185083d8927 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/pop-before-smtp/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Spam prevention requires preventing open relaying through email +servers. However, legit users want to be able to relay. If legit users +always stayed in one spot, they'd be easy to describe to the +daemon. However, what with roving laptops, logins from home, etc., +legit users refuse to stay in one spot. + +pop-before-smtp watches the mail log, looking for successful pop/imap +logins, and posts the originating IP address into a database which can +be checked by the MTA, to allow relaying for people who have recently +downloaded their email. + +WWW: http://popbsmtp.sourceforge.net/ |