On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 03:38:40PM -0500, George Lenzer wrote: > I just finished setting up a mail server for the first time. I am using > POP3 and have disabled IMAP since I won't be using that. I have a domain > name that is in the DNS system on the Internet. I have entered one of my > hosts into the sendmail.cw file to allow it to relay for that host. So far, > I can send and recieve mail on that host using my mail server. However, I > would like to know if there is a way to allow specific users to relay with > my machine? I have a few friends I would like to set accounts up for on my > machine. they don't have static IPs and I really don't want to allow the > aol.com or msn.com domains to relay through my machine. Is there a way I > can allow specific users to use my mail server only? But if they have an account on your machine, then they will not use aol and friends, they will use your server. And then they are supposed to use your server's name in their sender's address and not aol. What kind of relay problem do you forsee? > > My other question regards portsentry. I noticed that any machines that > attempt to use my SMTP server that aren't in my sendmail.cw file get dumped > into /etc/hosts.deny. Is this normal behavior for Portsentry? I didn't > realize that trying to use port 25 from an unauthorized host would come off > as a port scan. This is just a curiosity to me. > Portsentry does not block 25 by default. Perhaps you accidentally entered 25 as a TCP_PORTS in portsentry.conf? Examine the output of grep "^TCP_PORTS=" portsentry.conf What is the log entry showing that portsentry blocked a host connecting to port 25? Mate -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
