Oops, rfc2821... Slip of the finger and brain... Phil
--------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 March 2002 17:10 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: testing relay > > > Read http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html and digest carefully. > > Emails with a "From: <>" header are delivery notification messages. > RFC2822 says mailers must accept these messages (they can, if I > recall correctly, do what they like with them). There are an > awful lot on non-RFC2822-compliant mail servers out there. > > Phil > > --------------------------------------------- > Phil Randal > Network Engineer > Herefordshire Council > Hereford, UK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Lavoie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 04 March 2002 15:37 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: testing relay > > > > > > I followed the Microsoft article on preventing mail relay on > > exchange 5.5 > > and went to a couple different sites that check your server > > for you to see > > if relaying is open, BUT......... I get outbound mail failure > > notifications > > from email that was not sent out by any of our employees.... > > Reason for > > error is "message timeout" and I'm unsure if it is a > misleading error > > message. Reason for failure should be that relaying is > prohibited? I'm > > wondering if alas relaying is still possible. > > The from: address on these messages is invariably <> > > Anyone have input? > > > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
