I guess that wasnt all that clear, is mikrotik capable of acting as a mail facility, like sendmail, the spf record allows its public facing ip to send on behalf of the domain without going to spam. Im never a fan of credentialling in devices when i can avoid it because a credential change inevitably results in stranded alerts. Inside our active directory domains i always set up an open smtp relay with an acl to avoid credentials on devices that do mail alerts or printers that email
On May 12, 2017 3:23 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you are getting confused with some aspect of how the Mail gets > sent (SMTP Process). > > in MT lingo... smtp server = it can be your mail server (the one that > has the receiving email account) which can also be a 'Relay' server if it > does not have the receiving email account and it is supposed to forward the > mail to the end mail server in the chain. > > SPF records are used by the receiving mail server to determine validity of > email vs spam etc... > > If you are asking about why you have to configure Authentication ? the > answer is you don't ... if the mailserver listed in the smtp server is the > final receiving mail server. > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Steve Jones" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Friday, May 12, 2017 4:15:25 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] sending mail from mikrotik without smtp server > > Is there a way to get the mikrotik to just send emails without having to > configure an smtp server/relay? I dont directly have issue with setting up > authentication to a mail relay, it just seems unneccessary if I have good > SPF > >
