[Opensim-users] SLoodle in OpenSim: Email module

Fri Dec 11 08:17:18 UTC 2009

Adelle,

This is useful advice, and a good reminder to look at security issues  
in general. It is my understanding that you can still use an external  
ISP if you are doing it via a local SMTP server whose security you can  
manage at your end. Presumably it is also less of a risk, provided you  
can ensure only trusted individuals have access to your region as may  
be the case for private development uses. Any views welcome.

Tom

Can I clarify that if you use your own smtp server and that then uses  
an external public ISP you should also be OK. By running
On 10 Dec 2009, at 13:40, Adelle Fitzgerald wrote:

> Please be aware of the risks of enabling e-mail on your region and  
> that it could be used for spam purposes. It would be very easy for  
> someone to write a simple LSL script to fetch a whole bunch of e- 
> mail addresses from an external database/website and then loop  
> sending each one a spam message. IMHO, enabling SMTP on a region  
> should only be done if you can control the flow of mail at your SMTP  
> server, and do not use a public or ISP SMTP server as you have no  
> control over it.
>
> My suggestion if you do have access to your own SMTP server is to  
> create a rule where the sending domain can only be sent to  
> destination domain, and no other. By doing that it will minimise the  
> risk of spam messages. The first thing spammers do is see if a relay  
> is open before they flood it with spam. If they try and get no  
> message through, they will move on to their next target.  
> Alternatively, running an SMTP server in a closed environment with  
> no external access would be ok.
>
> Adelle.
>
> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de 
> ] On Behalf Of Andy Konstandinidis
> Sent: 10 December 2009 09:56
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] SLoodle in OpenSim: Email module
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply! I will try this and get back to you!
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Olish Newman  
> <olish at newworldgrid.com> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> In order to get emails working through the llEmail() LSL function,  
> you need to configure the following section in your OpenSim.ini file :
>
> [SMTP]
>     enabled = true
>     internal_object_host = lsl.opensim.local
>     host_domain_header_from = 127.0.0.1
>     SMTP_SERVER_HOSTNAME = smtp.yourdomain.com
>     SMTP_SERVER_PORT = 25
>     SMTP_SERVER_LOGIN = smtp_user
>     SMTP_SERVER_PASSWORD = smtp_password
>
> Replace your current SMTP section in the OpenSim.ini by the code  
> above. You need to provide your own SMTP server information and it  
> should work.
>
> Regards,
> Olish.
>
>
>
> 2009/12/10 Andy Konstandinidis <knave84 at gmail.com>
> Hello! I'm trying to use SLoodle in Opensim! I have setup my Opensim  
> server and it is working fine. I have also loaded the .oar file of  
> the Sloodle set. Yet when I try to configure the sloodle set to  
> connect to the moodle site (by touching it in the 3D world) I get an  
> error:
> SLOODLE Set 0.9 (RC1) -- COMPLETE (Fix 1.0): llGetNextEmail: email  
> module not configured
>
> Anyone know how this issue can be resolved? Thanks!
>
> -- 
> Andreas Konstantinidis
>
> Research Assistant, SEERC (South- East European Research Center)
> PhD Candidate, Informatics Dept., A.U.TH.
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