An open relay means a server that re-sends outbound mail.  If EFN was a
open relay server then it would allow mail incoming from somewhere being
sent to petersen-arne.com for instance.  This message was sent to EFN
thus is not being relayed.  Observe:

$ telnet clavin.efn.org 25
Trying 66.178.136.10...
Connected to clavin.efn.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 clavin.efn.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Wed, 5 Feb 2003
14:53:01 -0800 (PST)
helo promo.com
250 clavin.efn.org Hello www.petersen-arne.com [64.65.177.82], pleased
to meet you
mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
553 5.1.8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Domain of sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] does 
not exist
mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
250 2.1.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender ok
rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
550 5.7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Relaying denied
quit
221 2.0.0 clavin.efn.org closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.


This spam was either sent by someone who has joined the list, or one of
the list moderators allowed it through.  

Cory


On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 02:44:49PM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
> WTH, is efn running an open relay?
> 
> Received: from drmobil ([62.29.124.98]) by clavin.efn.org
> (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h15IMqY11101 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 5
> Feb 2003 10:22:53 -0800 (PST)
> 
> or is *this* the more important header?
> 
> Received: (qmail 26248 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2003 21:52:02 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO milton.efn.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost
> with SMTP; 5 Feb 2003 21:52:02 -0000
> 
> crap, spam hates us!
> 
> On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 12:04, eug-lug wrote:
> >     En ucuz lensler icin lutfen tiklayin. 
> >     Bir telefonla adrese teslim.
> > 
> >             http://www.akdenizgoz.com
> > 
> >          Akdeniz Goz Merkezi 
> > Fevzipa?a No:73 Fatih    0 212 635 74 74
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Listeden cikmak icin     [EMAIL PROTECTED]        adresine bos mail gonderiniz 
>   
> 
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