I don't believe it will. I put up James in the fall (had an expired server and dreaded re-installing exchange). I was concerned about this too. I went to www.ordb.org to have it tested and it passed. My firewall is set to accept from anywhere and send to anywhere but only from the one ip (which is a natted private IP). Given that you can put up James in 1/2 hour, give it a try.
hope that helps bill page > -----Original Message----- > From: Lahu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Open-Relay" Problem - ORDB, MAPS etc. > > > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
