Hi Meng,
I've already got a wizard which does most of that (and a lot more).
It's proprietary though, but I can donate some aspects of the code
(perl) to anyone writing a new one.
Kind Regards,
Chris Drake
Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 7:20:36 AM, you wrote:
MWW> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 08:09:32PM +0100, Karl Prince wrote:
| >> Fixing the external HELO name used by Windows & Exchange 2000/2003 SMTP
| >> takes 30 seconds. Perhaps we should document this somewhere on the
| >> "administrators guide" as a necessary step before publishing (if you run
| >> Windows)?
MWW> |
MWW> | I agree, a very good idea.
MWW> |
MWW> | Also maybe as part of the setup testing, send an email to a
MWW> | "test" email account (at pobox maybe), after jumping through a
MWW> | few hoops for security, which then reports on all aspects of
MWW> | the configuration.
MWW> |
MWW> | This could warn of potential issues:
MWW> |
MWW> | * No SPF record
MWW> | * SPF record gives a FAIL
MWW> | * SPF record is outrageous (+ALL, big IP range...)
MWW> | * Lack of PTR records (or IP encoded PTR records).
MWW> | * IP is designated as MTAMark=No
MWW> | * IP is listed as DUL/DHCP in major RBL lists
MWW> | * others based on policies of AOL etc...
MWW> OK, guys, if we collect $1000 in the form of donations
MWW> and/or t-shirt sales, we can fund development of the above
MWW> wizard. Donate anytime ...
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