Of the five primary Relay Options that Imail provides ("for anyone, no
relay, for local hosts, for local users, for addresses") is "relay for
anyone" the only option that is technically considered an "open relay"?

We've always used "relay for local hosts", but several months ago someone
spammed a huge amount of messages through our server over a 24 hour period.
The messages appeared to be sent from our client's email account, but we
know that that client was not responsible for sending the spam.  Almost
immediately Spam-Cop warned me to secure our "open relay" and several
helpful email admins looked at the header details and warned me that some
type of spoofing might be going on.  I never fully understood the nature of
the intrusion and I've wondered since if the "no relay" setting would have
prevented the situation.

Are the "Relay for local hosts, for local users, and for address" options
essentially useless as security if a spammer can simply send messages using
your own accounts?

-Keith



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