Hi eveybody, I m a pretty satisfied JAMES user. So far, JAMES has pleased me on almost every account. (Though, I helped catch a service-level (i.e. SMTP, NNTP, POP) "connectionLimit" bug)
However, I see a growing concern amongst my peers for the "open-relay" thing. I want to inquire that, can JAMES be possibly listed in the blacklists (ORDB, MAPS etc.). I m asking because JAMES accepts the messages from ANY IP address. However, later when we use the "RemoteAddrNotinNetwork" mailet/matcher pair, we can successfully dispatch the mail to the SPAM folder (though, still accepting the message), which indicates that the SMTP session had been successfully completed. This, in effect, makes JAMES a blackhole for the spammers i.e. it does not relay the emails. ASSUME that i m unable to use the SMTP AUTH. On the other hand, can this behaviour cause RBL's like ORDB, MAPS etc. to believe that this mail server (JAMES) is configured as open relay ? What I mean to ask here is that, when these RBL organizations (ORDB, MAPS etc.) perform their automated tests, would they declare JAMES as "open relay" only on the basis of the fact that it accepted the emails OR rather would they go great lengths verifying whether actually that mail was relayed or not ? I hope I made it clear. Pardon me for not expressing it the concise way as English is not my primary language. P.S: Do I sound like I m asking for an ESMTP-like feature ??? Coz, I believe (correct me, if I m wrong) ESMTP can reject the mail-connection altogether if it does not come from an allowed IP address!! Is this the case ? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
