Subj : SMTP questions, validation questions
To   : All
From : Chris Costakis
Date : Sat Jan 25 2020 06:50 pm

Hello,

Very new to BBBS but not to running BBSes.  Question about outbound Internet  
e-mail.  I find no reference in the manual to whether BBBS is able to directly  
connect to a mail server for delivery without the use of a smarthost?  If not,  
are there any mail authentication options available?  All mail hosts these  
days allow mail relaying without some kind of authentication, and I don't have  
IP whitelisting available to me.  I suppose another option would be to run a  
local postfix server that has the sole purpose of delivering email exported  
from BBBS?  I guess I would have to put it on a port other than 25 since BBBS  
is listening on that port for incoming mail?

Also, is there anything available to capture e-mail addresses for new telnet  
and/or http users and perform verification of that e-mail address in order to  
validate the user?  Looks like the only utility I see to do that is designed  
to run with BBBS and Windows.   

Thanks,
Chris

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