How do I check for open relay?
I saw something once with a simple test.
could someone please point me to something
similar
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Kind regards
Kevin Waterson
CEO OceaniaTLA
http://www.abuse.net/relay.html is a good way.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: open relay test
How do I check for open relay?
I saw something once with a simple test
*duh* - telnetting into the world from our mail server is prohibited by
the firewall hehe.
mail-abuse.org accepts mail from me via that server tho (relay reports).
You're welcome to use my experimental tester at
http://www.abuse.net/relay.html. It's more or less the same tests
that the MAPS RSS
On 8 Sep 2000, John R. Levine wrote:
| (Friendly hint: if you ignore the ugly blinking message and send me
| mail anyway saying that the tester claimed that your system is an open
| relay because it accepted the test message, I'll write back and call
| you a moron.)
|
Hrmm.. i just ran the
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 02:07:25PM -0700, Eric Cox wrote:
[snip]
I am adding the non-colors, table feature.. I do not like the colors or
tags. GUI people like it.. I will add a Bool for the Graphics and table
format.. so that you can switch from either mode.. however as you reported
at
I imagine that more than one person on this list has spoken to ORBS
about their misleading relay test? How many people have ended up on the
ORBS list simply because their qmail installations accepted emails with
"%" or "!" in the To: field?
NO ONE!
ORBS tester requires the E-Mail to reach
"OK 2 NET - André Paulsberg" wrote:
I imagine that more than one person on this list has spoken to ORBS
about their misleading relay test? How many people have ended up on the
ORBS list simply because their qmail installations accepted emails with
"%" or "!" in the To: field?
NO ONE!
Hey all,
I have put together a small OPEN
relay tester. It runs the same test ORBS runs.
http://www.prodigysolutions.com/relay_test.html
Sean Truman[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.prodigysolutions.com/
i tested your tester, thanks :)
(*erm*, wouldnt it be easier if you could copy/paste from the results page
without having to open the page source and seeing those *tons* of
color/font tags? :)
however, your test claims i am running an open relay due to these results:
MAIL FROM:([EMAIL
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 09:49:19AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
Hey all,
I have put together a small OPEN relay tester. It runs the same test ORBS runs.
http://www.prodigysolutions.com/relay_test.html
It also states falsely that if a host that handles mail for the
"example.com"
oops sorry,
that was rather a temporary netscape problem that didnt let me copy/paste.
Also sprach wolfgang zeikat [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03.09.2000:
(*erm*, wouldnt it be easier if you could copy/paste from the
results page
without having to open the page source and
]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
i tested your tester, thanks :)
(*erm*, wouldnt it be easier if you could copy/paste from the results page
without having to open the page source and seeing those *tons* of
color/font tags? :)
however
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Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 09:49:19AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
Hey all,
I have put together a small OPEN relay tester. It runs the same test
ORBS runs.
http://www.prodigysolutions.com/relay_test.html
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:00:14AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
I am adding the non-colors, table feature.. I do not like the colors or
tags. GUI people like it.. I will add a Bool for the Graphics and table
format.. so that you can switch from either mode.. however as you reported
at the
Also sprach Sean C Truman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
03.09.2000:
But if ORBS runs the test
and it fails then you are added to the ORBS database..
i doubt that.
my server has repeatedly been tested by ORBS and is considered clean.
wolfgang
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From: Magnus Bodin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: qmail list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:00:14AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
I am adding the non-colors, table feature.. I do not like the colors
-abuse.org and you
will see what I am explaining.
Sean
- Original Message -
From: wolfgang zeikat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
Also sprach Sean C Truman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
03.09.2000
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:42:22AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
Magnus,
I agree the ORBS test are dumb and don't really pertain to 95% of the
mail servers out there. But if you are in the ORBS database then some mail
is going to be rejected. This test is just a overall test so that all
*duh* - telnetting into the world from our mail server is prohibited by
the firewall hehe.
mail-abuse.org accepts mail from me via that server tho (relay reports).
wolfgang
Also sprach Sean C Truman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
03.09.2000:
From your mail server just telnet to
Magnus,
Newbieproof the script.. Gottcha.. That all you had to say.. Sorry.. :)
Sean
- Original Message -
From: Magnus Bodin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: qmail list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:42
I imagine that more than one person on this list has spoken to ORBS
about their misleading relay test? How many people have ended up on the
ORBS list simply because their qmail installations accepted emails with
"%" or "!" in the To: field?
This seems extraordinarily stupid to me...
-Stephen-
Sean C Truman wrote:
I am adding the non-colors, table feature.. I do not like the colors or
tags. GUI people like it.. I will add a Bool for the Graphics and table
format.. so that you can switch from either mode.. however as you reported
at the bottom it is not considered a open relay..
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
I imagine that more than one person on this list has spoken to ORBS
about their misleading relay test? How many people have ended up on the
ORBS list simply because their qmail installations accepted emails with
"%" or "!" in the To: field?
None. ORBS doesn't
Sean C Truman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I agree the ORBS test are dumb and don't really pertain to 95% of the
mail servers out there. But if you are in the ORBS database then some mail
is going to be rejected.
Except that ORBS doesn't actually add people who "fail" that test but
don't relay
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