Jean Caron writes:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Russell Nelson wrote:
>
> > Jean Caron writes:
> > >
> > > > Jean Caron writes:
> > > > > Can I reject messages destined to certain domains ? I seem to be dealing
> > > > > with somebody that's got too much time on their hands, and my send queue
> > > > > gets filled with messages for some strange domain.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like you don't have a /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts. Create it,
> > > > and read FAQ 5.4, and your problem will go away.
> > > >
> > > I do have a rcpthosts file containing only hosts from my domain. I re-read
> > > the FAQ 5.4, and I am using tcpserver with the following;
> >
> > Okay, then it's got to be one of your authorized users who is
> > injecting this mail. Tell them to stop, and if they do not, remove
> > their authorization.
> >
>
> Now that's just it, I don't have "authorized users". The system is solely
> used by myself (as far as I know !?). I have two more questions for you
> then;
> 1) Could those emails somehow be injected from some tricky incoming mail
> message ? I have recently been receiving junk mail which seems like an odd
> coincidence. Maybe a flaw in my configuration somewhere...?
Not too likely.
> 2) Out of curiosity, how would I authorize or remove authorization from
> users ?
If they have accounts, remove the accounts. If their machine is
authorized to relay (because of an entry in /etc/smtp.txt which allows
them to relay, e.g. your entire local network), then insert an entry
which does not set RELAYCLIENT.
> I guess at this point, I need to track the origin of those messages. My
> logs don't say much. Is there a debug/verbose mode I could turn on ?
Look at the Received: headers of the messages. They'll say how they
got into your queue.
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