I'm running Qmail 1.03 on a Debian Linux PC connected to a cable-modem 
(roadrunner).  The other day, a roadrunner security test found that my 
mailserver allows some third-party relays.  It sent me the failing example 
which I'll include below.  It also pointed me to a website to help me in 
fixing this problem.  The website is  http://mail-abuse.org/tsi/ar-fix.html, 
which says that I should not be having this problem since I use qmail.

Here is the failing example.  I've tried it myself and seen it accept the 
message.  In the example I've replaced my explicit IP address with 
200.200.200.200.

 >>> MAIL FROM:<openrelaytest@[200.200.200.200]>
 <<< 250 ok
 >>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[200.200.200.200]>
 <<< 250 ok
 >>> DATA
 <<< 354 go ahead


My rcpthosts file has only my machine name in it and localhost.

I don't know how qmail is supposed to handle this case.  Obviously, I don't 
want to be forwarding spam all over the internet.  How can I fix this?






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