This is true.. we often get spam sent to one of our list servers, as a cc, and whamo.. out pours the spam from our machien to all of our list users. Point is that our email server won't 'resend' or relay, if you will, the spam to another non member email account.
~Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:33 AM - SATCOM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] How to stop local relay? > > >ok, but it's being sent through my SMTP - and it's not a valid account? see > >my point, it's relaying the message and it shouldn't be. > > The term "Relay" refers to outgoing E-mail sent through a mailserver. > > In your case, the E-mail is addressed to an account on your mailserver, so > it is not being relayed. If it was addressed to another mailserver, that > would be relaying, and could potentially be a security problem. > > What you are talking about is detecting incoming spam. That's a huge > subject -- searching the archives will provide a lot of information. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with no > annual licensing fees. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
