I'm very interested in this issue, specially since we recently started to check
request to our mailservers against rbl.maps.vix.com and relays.orbs.org. I've missed
that functionality in qmail to reject the user in the first session attempt, and not
to mention all the bounces.
Please let me know if someone comes up with a patch that implements this functionality.
regards
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Qmail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: Mail.com blacklisting
> Jay D. Dyson writes:
>
> > I think the folks at vix.com and abuse.net are *far* from
> > "idiots." I'm also currently attempting to acquire the source for the
> > new-rlytest.cgi script to perform modifications that will demonstrate that
> > Qmail doesn't relay. Even so, I think it would be good for Qmail to
> > outright reject such relay hacks. I'd rather have a 553 than a load of
> > internal bounces in my logfiles.
>
> The problem is not relay checking per se, but the real problem is that
> qmail-smtpd does not check whether the local address is valid, before
> accepting the message. The relay check that gets accepted looks like an
> address in the local domain, so the message is accepted. Only afterwards
> does Qmail figure out that the local address doesn't exist, and the mail is
> bounced.
>
>
>
> --
> Sam
>
>
