Yes, thank you. This is one thing I am trying to avoid but there are those who want remote access via their pop3 clients, etc. -----Original Message----- From: Linux [mailto:linux@usermail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:32 PM To: Simpson, Doug; netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Subject: Re: SMTP external Before doing this, make sure you are not an open relay Linux303 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simpson, Doug" <dsimpson@friedmancorp.com> To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: SMTP external > I do not really want to do it but I need to open my firewall to allow smtp > access from the internet. > First is there a safe way to do it? (HA) > Second, what is the correct command to do this? > Thanks, > Doug >