Rob wrote:
You're right, then. If I explicitly block inbound connections to the
outbound mail server (instead of redirecting them), that might fix the
problem ... depending on just what kind of check the recipient's mail
server is doing.
A sending MTA is not required to accept SMTP
hmm, on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 02:50:41PM -0700, Rob said that
We just ran across an odd intermittent problem with email that we
traced back to spamd showing up as an open relay. I double-checked the
documentation and mailing list archives and didn't find anything
relevant.
dnsstuff.com is
hmm, on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:22:23AM +0200, frantisek holop said that
dnsstuff.com is great to have a look what an admin
left out/forgot/doesn't know :D
i was quite dismayed too when it showed me as an open relay...
(http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=obiit.org)
sorry,
I'm not 100% certain I'm getting your idea here ... we do currently
run inbound/outbound mail on different IPs, but the problem isn't with
the connections themselves.
From the example session transcript with spamd that I posted earlier:
250 Hello, spam sender. Pleased to be wasting your
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Rob wrote:
We just ran across an odd intermittent problem with email that we
traced back to spamd showing up as an open relay. I double-checked the
documentation and mailing list archives and didn't find anything
relevant.
Please let us know what service (if different
Hi Jeremy,
On 9/25/07, Jeremy C. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Rob wrote:
We just ran across an odd intermittent problem with email that we
traced back to spamd showing up as an open relay. I double-checked the
documentation and mailing list archives and didn't find
On 2007/09/25 14:50, Rob wrote:
Is there some configuration for spamd that I've missed
You could run inbound and outbound email on different IP addresses,
and don't accept incoming port 25 connections on the address used as
a source for outgoing mail.
I'm not 100% certain I'm getting your idea here ... we do currently
run inbound/outbound mail on different IPs, but the problem isn't with
the connections themselves.
From the example session transcript with spamd that I posted earlier:
250 Hello, spam sender. Pleased to be wasting your time.
On 2007/09/25 17:35, Rob wrote:
Since this is happening during the conversation with our inbound mail
server, I don't see how filtering connections between our inbound and
outbound mail servers would fix it.
From what you say, it sounds like your outbound mail server sends
mail to some host
On 9/25/07, Stuart Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2007/09/25 17:35, Rob wrote:
Since this is happening during the conversation with our inbound mail
server, I don't see how filtering connections between our inbound and
outbound mail servers would fix it.
From what you say, it
On 9/26/07, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I agree. It's the wrong way for them to check for an open relay,
but it is still causing a bit of a problem.
Well if it is actually caused by spamd you have 2 options:
a) not run spamd.
b) ask them to get their shit together and hope they actually
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