You can now prevent your server from spam by requiring
authentication to send e-mail. You cannot require authentication if
you want to restrict relaying messages. It is recommended that you
set up authentication for your server.
To enable authentication for your server, complete these
steps:
- In IBM® Navigator
for i,
expand .
- Right-click SMTP and selectProperties .
- Click the Authentication tab and
set the field values indicated in the Then perform the following action
column.
| Click this tab |
Then perform the following action |
| Authentication |
If you want the server to use
TLS/SSL to authenticate it locally and when relaying the messages,
select Require TLS/SSL and authenticate it locally and
when using the relay. |
| Authentication |
If you want the server to use
TLS/SSL to authenticate it only when using the relay function, select Require
TLS/SSL and authenticate only the relay. |
| Authentication |
If you want to permit only the
users on the authorized list to log on to SMTP, select Verify
IDs on local delivery. |
| Authentication |
If you want the SMTP server
to allow the mail server framework (MSF) snap-in functions to reject
an e-mail that is not verified, select Verify message originator. |
| Authentication |
If you want the SMTP server
to verify whether the e-mail address of the sender is in the system
distribution directory and if the addresses match, select Users or Users
not on the accept list. The users whose e-mail addresses
cannot be matched are rejected. |
- Click OK to accept the changes.