Hi All,

I just figured out that qmail actually allows any connection IP to send email 
to a domain that is there in its /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts

Which seems to be partly open-relay !! 

Ideally it should allow only those IPs to relay a message that is either 
authenticated or allowed by relay-client (/etc/tcp.smtp) in case of qmail. 

The problem I am facing is that my qmail server is a relay server and it doesnt 
store emails. It should allow smtp relay for those IPs specified in 
/etc/tcp.smtp
I have the domain in rcpthosts but this is letting any IP connecting to the 
server to send an email to that domain from the server.

at the moment i am in a confused state. I dont know what more to write here. I 
have worked with postfix (a little bit) and sendmail. Both denied relay if the 
connecting IP did not match allowed clients.

I am surely missing something about qmail configuration... I am most likely 
confusing role of rcpthost file. Is it needed if we have to just relay? 

qmail master please help !!! 

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