On Tue Feb 02/19/02, 2002 at 11:02:24AM -0700, Paul Andrews wrote: > Doing some further testing on my mail server, I find that the server > seems to be wide open to mail relay and I cannot figure out why.... Here > are the control files for locals, rcpthosts and my tcp database. > > locals: > localhost > extorted.ca [snippage] > When I send a test message using my mail server, but my primary email > address [EMAIL PROTECTED] the message goes through. > > Connecting to mail.extorted.ca... > 220 megabyte.extorted.ca ESMTP > helo extorted.ca > 250 megabyte.extorted.ca > mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 250 ok > rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snippage] > 250 ok 1014141354 qp 22471
How is that relay again? The domain is in 'locals'. > > However when I try to send a message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to anybody > I get the following: > > mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 250 ok > rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) > rset [snippage] And this shows that relay is _not_ open. Why do you think you're an open relay? -- Greg White
