From c8872a5e9921c8efb86dd424d06739ca8ed965ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sbwalker <shaun.walker@siliqon.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:11:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] improve SMTP Relay description

---
 Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.razor          | 2 +-
 Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.resx | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.razor b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.razor
index d7b03cdd..bfd5022b 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.razor
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <div class="row mb-1 align-items-center">
-                            <Label Class="col-sm-3" For="relay" HelpText="This option will send notifications directly from the user's email rather than from the Email Sender specified below. This option should only be used with an Open Relay (ie. an SMTP server that forwards email to any destination without verifying the sender's identity) or an internal environment where all email is sent from the same domain." ResourceKey="SmtpRelay">Use Open Relay? </Label>
+                            <Label Class="col-sm-3" For="relay" HelpText="This option will send email directly from the sender's unique email address rather than from the authorized Email Sender specified below. This option should only be used when the SMTP service has been configured with SPF/DKIM/DMARC for each unique sender, or else the email will be identified as malicious spoofing." ResourceKey="SmtpRelay">Allow Sender Delegation? </Label>
                             <div class="col-sm-9">
                                 <select id="relay" class="form-select" @bind="@_smtprelay" required>
                                     <option value="True">@SharedLocalizer["Yes"]</option>
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.resx b/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.resx
index 1bac104f..24fa9978 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.resx
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Resources/Modules/Admin/Site/Index.resx
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@
     <value>Home Page:</value>
   </data>
   <data name="SmtpRelay.HelpText" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>This option will send notifications directly from the user's email rather than from the Email Sender specified below. This option should only be used with an Open Relay (ie. an SMTP server that forwards email to any destination without verifying the sender's identity) or an internal environment where all email is sent from the same domain.</value>
+    <value>This option will send email directly from the sender's unique email address rather than from the authorized Email Sender specified below. This option should only be used when the SMTP service has been configured with SPF/DKIM/DMARC for each unique sender, or else the email will be identified as malicious spoofing.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="SmtpRelay.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use Open Relay?</value>
+    <value>Allow Sender Delegation?</value>
   </data>
   <data name="SiteMap.HelpText" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The site map url for this site which can be submitted to search engines for indexing. The sitemap is cached for 5 minutes and the cache can be manually cleared.</value>