SMTP Tweak in whm...

[redlorry919]

Hello,

SMTP Tweak:
This SMTP tweak will prevent users from bypassing the mail server to send mail (This is a common practice used by spammers). It will only allow the MTA (mail transport agent), mailman, and root to connect to remote SMTP servers.

Am I right in thinking this will force users to send mail through an account i.e. not through the nobody user?

Also, if I enable this, will everyone's php mail functions collapse?

What effect can I expect this to have on the existing accounts? Is it recommneded?

Thanks in advance,
Adam.

[chirpy]

Not quite. The tweak basically stops local users or scripts from connecting to port 25 locally on the server to send out email. Scripts have to invoke exim (or /usr/sbin/sendmail if you like) to actually send emails. Users I think are OK as they authenticate when they send through the server, but you may need to test to make sure.

[cjmwebdesigns]

I ran into this situation with my new host, he has this enabled I guess, and then using Client Exec I cannot send e-mail through the Interface using SMTP. I now have it configured to go through SendMail, which is odd, as I am not use to my hosts having me send mail through sendmail rather than through SMTP.