Thanks for your reply. I have not set any of the domain names for relaying in the /etc/mail/relay-domains file. but eventhough i can able to send mail from any machine by connecting my server as the SMTP server. How to block the relay?
-- Thanks and Regards Senthil Murugan On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:01:36 +0530 (IST), Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="Senthil Murugan"> > > Hello All, > > > > > > I have Installed Sendmail-8.12.11.I have Any spammers can use my smtp > > server and can send the mail. > > > > Anybody plz suggest me how to block the all relays and to allow only > > mydomain to use the relay. > > > > http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html > > Briefly - > > 1. Relay only for IPs that are authorized to send mail through your server > > 2. Dont try something like domain.com RELAY .. set up smtp authentication > > 3. Check for cgi scripts etc on localhost that are being abused to send out spam > through your mailserver > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on > Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, > one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology > Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
