So by removing the last line (instead of changing to deny) should work!
Sei Heng
Chris Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 12:08:30AM +0800, Ang Sei Heng wrote:
> > Err... I don't think he is crazy. I did almost what he does, (except for
> > 127.), and my qmail can send and receive all incoming and outgoing mail from
> > any remote machine.
> >
> > I think by doing what he say, we will be able to disallow machine that is not
> > part of the local network to use the mail server to relay emails
>
> No. Whether he is actually crazy may be subject to debate, but what he
> suggested is wrong. :deny as the last line of his rules file will cause SMTP
> connections that are not coming from his local LAN to be denied altogether.
> While this will stop relaying, it'll stop it at the expense of being able to
> receive mail from the Internet at all.
>
> In short, do *not* put :deny as the last rule (or any rule) in your rules file.
>
> Chris
