Tim Jones wrote:
>
> I've just built and installed QMail 1.03 under a homebrew Linux running
> 2.0.38 and libc2.01. Even though it's an older kernel, I keep the
> various networking packages updated. I got hit with some heavy relay
> hacks last week and I've just learned about qmail's natural defense
> against unauthorized relay.
>
> The installation appears good -- qmail-lint reports no problems. I can
> send messages from one internal system to any other internal system, and
> mail to my domain users is received properly. Also, if I use "echo to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject", a message is
> delivered with no problems. However, when I try to use a standard UMA
> like pine, or Netscape, I get the popular "sorry, that domain isn't in
> my list of allowed rcpthosts" message.
>
> I read the threads here and added entries to /etc/hosts.allow and
> /etc/tcp.smtp as outlined. But, the errors still occur. Oh, and no
> errors are sent to postmaster. Of course, I've restarted inetd and
> qmail.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Tim Jones
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check out this web site it explains how to setup qmail for mail
relaying. Mail relaying is when a smtp server is asked to send mail to
another smtp server normally from a mua like pine, or netscape's mail,
etc. That is how an open relay'ing' (or spam) is performed. An smtp
client from an outside domain sends an e-mail to an smtp server for it
to deliver else where.
With the mail relaying setup correctly if a system doesn't know a client
it will not talk to it which means no mail is accepted to be sent.
www.palomine.net/qmail/selectiverelay.html
Take Care,
Dale
