On Mon, April 30, 2007 11:08 am, Mark Schoonover wrote: > Lan, > > An open mail relay is an SMTP (e-mail) server configured in such a > way that it allows anyone on the Internet to relay (i.e. send) e-mail > through it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_mail_relay has the full > explanation. Since you're not running any SMTPd on your server, then you > can't be an open relay. No one wants to run an open relay, but that's a > pretty harsh statement. There might be a reason to run one internally. In > any case, the bounce message is meaningless. Someone somewhere has a > computer that's been compromised, and your email address is in their > addressbook. They randomly picked you as the sender of the bounced email > and > you got the bounced message. No big deal, just delete it and move on, I > don't think you have a problem. >
Well, I'll have to keep watch on it. The last time weirdities abounded it was because my low-clueful M$-using older brother had been hacked in Michigan and was beaming penis elargement to the world. I had a difficult time convincing him to have the machine looked at ... it was as well received as telling him his house had fleas. > Thanks! > > Mark Schoonover My thanks to you! -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
