>>>Relay for local users only = yes
>>
>>Bad. That's how the spammers were able to send their mail.
>
>What's the preferred settings these days?
The only two that you can safely use are "Relay for Addresses" (where you
list "safe" IP addresses; anyone coming from other IP addresses needs to
use SMTP AUTH), or "No mail relay" (which really means that everyone has to
use SMTP AUTH).
>Then Friday set it for local users only. Since then, logs look good as far
>as *relaying* spam is concerned.
Relay for Addresses is kind of like those cardboard cutouts of police
officers that some department stores used to use to deter
shoplifters. Although they are fairly effective for psychological reasons,
they don't always work. With "Relay for Addresses", you're forcing
spammers to use a return address on your domain in order to get the E-mail
to go through. Most spammers have no qualms with doing that.
>My server must have been horribly back-logged. Legitimate messages were
>not getting through close to half and hour. I didn't delete the smd's,
>just moved them. Guess I'll have to look through each of them.
>
>Can I reinsert the smd's into the spool directory?
Yes, just so long as you insert both the "Q*.SMD" and "D*.SMD" files (one Q
for each D file).
-Scott
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