Re: Testtool for Sendmail

[Roman Neuhauser]

# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-02-25 09:40:34 +0100:
> I'm looking for a FreeBSD tool that will automatically test my smtp server 
> for relaying. I'm looking for something like the webpage described here: 
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/sendmail.php (Testing the relay).

You can try relays.osirusoft.com if you trust your setup enough. If
the mail gets relayed you have the best incentive to fix your MTA
ASAP. :)

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Re: Testtool for Sendmail

[Ken McGlothlen]

Andreas Widerøe Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

| I'm looking for a FreeBSD tool that will automatically test my smtp server
| for relaying. I'm looking for something like the webpage described here:
| http://www.freebsddiary.org/sendmail.php (Testing the relay).

I tend to use external testing services, which perform a variety of tests.

One reputable open-relay tester can be found at

http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

If you want to be a little more daring, you can use ordb.net's relay-tester to
poke your server and see if it's closed.  It does a variety of tests, and then
emails you the results of the tests.

For more information, see

http://www.ordb.net/submit/

The downside to this is that there is a danger that if you *have* an open
relay, it'll be listed in ORDB until it tests clean, and there are delays
before the tests take place.  So consider this course of action only after
you've used abuse.net's tester.  :)



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