It would be helpful if IMail installed to only
relay for IP addresses, and automatically setup the IP addresses bound to the
install machines ethernet card/s as the default with a message notifying the
installer that additional IP addresses would need to be setup if needed.
This would set IMail up to not relay as the default, and utilize its most
effective anti-relay as its default. There should be a chapter in the
manual dedicated to relaying, and the first page should talk about relaying
for IP addresses first rating each method in terms of effectiveness.
There should also be accompanying information regarding Spam in the same
chapter following each relay/anti-relay method described.
Relaying was something e-mail servers did in the
old days when networks were not part of one big network called the Internet,
but now with so much Spam, relaying is no longer considered good practice due
to the abuse and potential for abuse by the Spam community. E-mail
servers today are expected to know exactly where to send e-mail on their own
without the need to relay through another e-mail server to deliver e-mail to
the final destination.
In your case the default IMail settings caused
you the problem. I think if it was up to a vote everyone would opt for
tighter anti-relay settings at the time of install until there was time to
read the manual.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 7:29
AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Open
Servers
This may sound naive but what is the reason for
email servers to relay mail? I never gave it any thought when we
installed iMal but we now we are getting spammed big time and I installed
declude.exe which taught me a ton about spam and mail servers. Ours
was wide open and we shut that off yesterday. So back to my
question, why do mail servers relay mail?
Robert Hopkins
Hopkins Mailing Services,
Inc.
758 W Racquet Club Drive
Addison, IL 60101-4324
(630)
628-0088 Ext. 11
