> I tried "No relay" and unchecked "Disable SMTP AUTH
> reporting". I then stop and start the service again (I
> also tried to reboot) - it still doesn't work.
>
> Any hint?
> Pasquale

Post the SMTP and SMTPD logs of a complete transaction so we can see what is
going on.
-Patrick

>  --- Patrick Childers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> > > I'm running Imail 5.09 and discovered that relay
> > is
> > > open.
> >
> > That's bad.
> >
> > >I had a look at the ipswitch KB and followed
> > > procedure "IMail-How to close an open relay"
> >
> > That's good!
> >
> > > (IM-20021108-DM01), but it didn't work, i.e. I can
> > > still send by my smtp server without
> > authentication. I
> > > presume I should receive an error message from my
> > > client telling me to use uid and pwd in order to
> > sent,
> > > but the mail is still being send.
> > >
> > > I had another look at the KB and found a note at
> > > "IMail - SMTP authetication" (IM-20000117-DM01),
> > > saying that versions prior to 7.0 did not work for
> > > shared IP-address Virtual Hosts which use an
> > external
> > > user database. Well, I'm using the IMail database
> > > *and* shared IP Virtual Hosts.
> >
> > Your only two options to close the relay are:
> > 1. "no relay"
> > 2. "relay for addresses"
> > Anything else is open.
> >
> > > Last question: My POP and SMTP server do have the
> > same
> > > name. My admin says it works correctly this way,
> > but I
> > > don't feel this is correct - any other ISP do have
> > > different names for their POP and SMTP servers. Is
> > > this maybe related to the problem?
> >
> > If you mean sending (SMTP) and recieving (POP) your
> > mail from
> > mail.example.com instead of smtp.example.com &
> > pop.example.com - No. This
> > will not cause a problem.
> >
> > -Patrick


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