Hello, on 02.02.2002 05:30, Joe Wagner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > Just for fun, I ran abuse.net's test on one of my servers and saw something > strange: > Putting double quotes around the RCPT address, RCPT > TO:<"[EMAIL PROTECTED]">, > made the server _NOT_ send a 571 we do not relay error. Why is that? Below is > the > website log showing the test, and then the mail server (SIMS ppc 1.8b8) log. > > Confused a Friday afternoon...
The quoted address was accepted as a name of account (it's not parsed and no relay will take place.) Apparently, you have created the account Unknown in your server - that account caught that address. > Joe > > ps relay for clients only is of course checked. > > --test page from http://www.abuse.net/cgi-bin/relaytest -- > Relay test 7 >>>> RSET > <<< 250 SMTP state reset >>>> MAIL FROM:<spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> > <<< 250 <spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> sender accepted >>>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<< 571 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> we do not relay. > Relay test 8 >>>> RSET > <<< 250 SMTP state reset >>>> MAIL FROM:<spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> > <<< 250 <spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> sender accepted >>>> RCPT TO:<"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > <<< 250 <"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> recipient accepted > > --mailserver log-- > > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: RSET\r > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 250 SMTP state reset\r\n > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: MAIL > FROM:<spamtest@[66.88.123.234]>\r > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 250 <spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> > sender accepted\r\n > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: RCPT > TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\r > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Looking for invincible.cnchost.com > 18:08:36 1 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) SPAM? Recipient > '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' rejected: relaying to [207.155.248.15] is not > allowed > 18:08:36 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 571 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > we do not relay.\r\n > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: RSET\r > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 250 SMTP state reset\r\n > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: MAIL > FROM:<spamtest@[66.88.123.234]>\r > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 250 <spamtest@[66.88.123.234]> > sender accepted\r\n > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Line: RCPT > TO:<"[EMAIL PROTECTED]">\r > 18:08:37 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Sending 250 <"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > recipient accepted\r\n > 18:08:38 4 SMTP-117(www.abuse.net) Input Stream ended > 18 -- Best regards, Dmitry Akindinov ======================================================================= When answering to letters sent to you by the tech.support staff, make sure the original message you have received is included into your reply. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
