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We have a customer who wants to only email reports from a server we have provided. &nbsp; There is no need to accept incoming email. <br />
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We typically don't allow any kind of email on our application servers, but in this case we are willing to make an exception it poses no security risk. <br />
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If I just specify the SMTP address and leave the incoming server address blank, how much of a risk does this pose to the system (aside from the ability to send sensitive information outside the system). &nbsp;Is there increased risk for this system to be breached or infected? &nbsp; I assume no, but would like some feedback. 
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We have a customer who wants to only email reports from a server we have provided.   There is no need to accept incoming email. 

We typically don't allow any kind of email on our application servers, but in this case we are willing to make an exception it poses no security risk. 

If I just specify the SMTP address and leave the incoming server address blank, how much of a risk does this pose to the system (aside from the ability to send sensitive information outside the system).  Is there increased risk for this system to be breached or infected?   I assume no, but would like some feedback. 

Is there significant increased risk by allowing outbound email only?

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

Windows Live Mail is the successor to Outlook Express, a discontinued email and news client bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and available for Windows 95 and Mac OS 9. In Windows Vista, Outlook Express was superseded by Windows Mail, then again by Windows Live Mail as separate software. Outlook Express is a different application from Microsoft Outlook. Beginning with Windows Vista Microsoft included Windows Mail, based on large parts of Outlook Express source code.

Windows Live Mail

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions may internally act as an email client; as a whole, it is commonly referred to as webmail. Likewise, email client may be referred to a piece of computer hardware or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client. Email clients can also have other systems, like calendars, notes and contact managers.