Thanks so their test is messed up ?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Korsak Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Open Relay Ken, I do not see how that is considered a relay. The email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a valid email address on your server so of course IMail accepted the message for delivery to you. Now, if the message was addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (see below) it should be rejected, and it was: EHLO imail.ipswitch.com 250-ishere.com says hello ... MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 ok RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 not local host ipswitch.com, not a gateway John Korsak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken IMail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Open Relay > Thanks.. this is what they reported... and I got the email they sent. > > Ken > > > Relay test 1 > >>> RSET > <<< 250 ok its reset > >>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<< 250 ok > >>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<< 250 ok its for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> DATA > <<< 354 ok, send it; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> > >>> (message body) > <<< 250 Message queued > > Relay test result > Hmmn, at first glance, host appeared to accept a message for relay. > THIS MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN THAT IT'S AN OPEN RELAY. > > Some systems appear to accept relay mail, but then reject messages > internally rather than delivering them, but you cannot tell at this > point whether the message will be relayed or not. > > If it is really an open relay, the test message will be delivered to > you. If you do not receive the test message in your e-mail in the next > few hours, it IS NOT an open relay. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Open Relay > > > >I seem to have an open relay according to > >http://www.abuse.net/cgi-bin/relaytest. > > > >I've followed Ipswitchs recommendations for setting up relay to > >addresses only.. I'm only doing my local Ip ranges.. I've also turned > >off the disable smtp VRFY command. > > I just checked, and basic relaying isn't allowed. Did abuse.net say > what > type of relaying would get through? There's a known issue with IMail > allowing relaying using an obscure format (using "%") when it acts as a > gateway, but anything else would indicate something new. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
