- add instructions for FreeBSD.org SMTP access setup

Reviewed by:	bcr, mat, rpokala, allanjude
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18708
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Daniel Gerzo 2019-01-11 20:46:47 +00:00
parent 7ac7337b69
commit 374c66b515
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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<year>2016</year>
<year>2017</year>
<year>2018</year>
<year>2019</year>
<holder>The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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class="fqdomainname">freefall.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><emphasis>SMTP Host</emphasis></entry>
<entry><literal><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">smtp.FreeBSD.org</systemitem>:587</literal>
(see also <xref linkend="smtp-setup"/>).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><emphasis><literal>src/</literal> Subversion
Root</emphasis></entry>
@ -2235,6 +2243,13 @@ freebsd-mfc-after = 2 weeks</programlisting>
without warning if space needs to be freed, so forward it
or save it elsewhere.</para>
<note>
<para>If your e-mail system uses SPF with strict rules, you
should whitelist <systemitem
class="fqdomainname">mx2.FreeBSD.org</systemitem> from
SPF checks.</para>
</note>
<para>Due to the severe load dealing with SPAM places on the
central mail servers that do the mailing list processing,
the front-end server does do some basic checks and will
@ -2255,6 +2270,69 @@ freebsd-mfc-after = 2 weeks</programlisting>
lists. The subscriptions are derived from the access
rights.</para>
</note>
<sect3 xml:id="smtp-setup">
<title>SMTP Access Setup</title>
<para>For those willing to send e-mail messages through the
FreeBSD.org infrastructure, follow the instructions
below:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Point your mail client at <literal><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">smtp.FreeBSD.org</systemitem>:587</literal>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Enable STARTTLS.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Ensure your <literal>From:</literal> address is set
to
<literal><replaceable>yourusername</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org</literal>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>For authentication, you can use your &os; Kerberos
username and password (see <xref
linkend="kerberos-ldap"/>). The
<literal><replaceable>yourusername</replaceable>/mail</literal>
principal is preferred, as it is only valid for
authenticating to mail resources.</para>
<note>
<para>Do not include <literal>@FreeBSD.org</literal>
when entering in your username.</para>
</note>
</step>
</procedure>
<note>
<title>Additional notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Will only accept mail from
<literal><replaceable>yourusername</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org</literal>.
If you are authenticated as one user, you are not
permitted to send mail from another.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A header will be appended with the SASL username:
(<literal>Authenticated sender:
<replaceable>username</replaceable></literal>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Host has various rate limits in place to cut down
on brute force attempts.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="mentors">

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<!ELEMENT literal (#PCDATA|inlinemediaobject|remark|superscript|subscript|systemitem|xref|link|olink|anchor|biblioref|alt|annotation|indexterm|phrase|replaceable)*>
<!ATTLIST literal
xmlns CDATA #FIXED "http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"