From b4c6b6b794db2b1cd6bfb17f08c1b1f35130bba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sbwalker <shaun.walker@siliqon.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:08:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] clarify SMTP Relay site option to avoid confusion

---
 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 0ceec1fd..d7b03cdd 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="Only specify this option if you have properly configured an SMTP Relay Service to route your outgoing mail. This option will send notifications from the user's email rather than from the Email Sender specified below." ResourceKey="SmtpRelay">Relay Configured? </Label>
+                            <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>
                             <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 5379db80..1bac104f 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>Only specify this option if you have properly configured an SMTP Relay Service to route your outgoing mail. This option will send notifications from the user's email rather than from the Email Sender specified above.</value>
+    <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>
   </data>
   <data name="SmtpRelay.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Relay Configured?</value>
+    <value>Use Open Relay?</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>