security...good idea to enable these?

[chadi]

is it a good idea to enable smtp tweak and php_open_basedir tweak?

what are the pros and cons?

[kris1351]

No real cons, only positives. If you force your users to authenticate it helps reduce spam. By enabling open_base it forces users to only be able to run scripts in their own directories. They can't access things normally from php/cgi like /usr/bin/gcc. It is just another line of security defense.

[chadi]

When you say authenticate are you referring to for example in Outlook, "server requires authentication" like that?

[chadi]

or is it referred to as "secure password authentication (SPA)"?

[linuxmav]

SMTP Authentification, my server requires

[Valetia]

At the SMTP Tweak page the checkbox says:

_ Allow connections to localhost on port 25.

Is it more secure to allow or disallow?

[sawbuck]

Enable