>Received many e-mail messages today from ordb.org to determine if our 
>server is an open relay. According to them, it is. In SMTP Security, I 
>only allow relay for local addresses and use the local IP.
>
>The "solution" to close the relay is to "Disable SMTP AUTH reporting" and 
>have all e-mail clients use SMTP AUTH, is at:

Their solution is actually to UNcheck "Disable SMTP AUTH reporting" (it's 
not intuitive; you have to uncheck the option to enable it...).

>I'm using version 7.07 and wondering if in fact I am open and how to 
>further lock down our server.

http://www.ordb.org/lookup/?host=207.155.252.18 shows that 207.155.252.18 
isn't listed.

Which of the ORDB tests went through your server?  "Relay for addresses" 
shouldn't allow any through (although the % test can go through under 
certain uncommon situations).



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