[107431] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ingress SMTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Winders, Timothy A)
Wed Sep 3 15:33:05 2008
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:32:55 -0500
From: "Winders, Timothy A" <twinders@southplainscollege.edu>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <C4E43BE1.12876%twinders@southplainscollege.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 9/3/08 1:04 PM, "Winders, Timothy A" <twinders@southplainscollege.edu>
wrote:
> On 9/3/08 12:59 PM, "Jason Fesler" <jfesler@gigo.com> wrote:
>
>>> I agree, it's not the "right way to do things". Running a mail server used
>>> to be much easier. Volunteers to help set things up "the right way" are
>>> always welcome. :-)
>>
>> Supporting those clients who can't connect is cheaper or more accessible
>> for you?
>>
>
> At this point, yes. We offer SSL/VPN connections back into the network which
> (so far) has always fixed the problem if the client is unable to work with
> their ISP to get smtp settings for their email program.
>
> It's a matter of resources and priorities. I'd also like to setup an
> automated provisioning server, but don't know how to do that.
>
> There are many projects "in the wings". Registering students and making sure
> they can pay for classes always seems to bubble to the top, though. ;-)
>
> Of course, this is getting a bit off topic for NANOG, so I'll stop there.
>
> Tim Winders | Associate Dean of Information Technology | South Plains College
This thread has inspired me to get off my duff and "get it done". I now
have a properly working MSA running on port 587 requiring authentication. A
few updates to user documentation and we'll be setup and running.
Thanks for the kick in the pants. :-)
Tim Winders | Associate Dean of Information Technology | South Plains
College
