...and a final note: If you've had an open relay on a public IP for 8 years, the possiblity you've never been abused is remote. Whether you've noticed it or not, or whether or not you've ever been blacklisted for it is another matter, but I can't imagine you've not been found by a port scanner in that time. Just 'cause the junk didn't land in your inboxes doesn't mean you haven't been used for the relay to points elsewhere.
Soonest opportunity, please close that hole, and maybe re-check your IP's on DNS Stuff for the blacklisting. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Riddle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP Auth question At 12:38 PM 6/19/2004, you wrote: >Actually, this won't affect anyone who is not using you for smtp at >all, since... they are not uisng your smtp service. :-) As far as >smtp goes nothing you do will affect them. > >What it will affect is everyone who does use your Imail server. Which is the nature of my question. Client A uses their notebook in the office connected to the 'Net via DSL, T1 (whatever) and connect to us for SMTP and has SMTP Auth configured in that piece of crap called Outlook. They know if they take the notebook home and connected it to their Cox connection they have to change the SMTP server from us to Cox to be able to send mail. Are they also going to need to turn off SMTP Auth? >And if I may suggest: Do this as soon as you possibly can, and count >yourself extremely lucky you haven't been compromised or blacklisted >by the community as an open relay. Been running this way (Relay for local Users) since at least 1996. >Cheers, > >-- >--Matt Robertson-- >MSB Designs, Inc. > >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/ 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/ 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/
