At 3:34 PM -0800 01/08/2003, Craig Bowers wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Craig Bowers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:30 AM >To: SIMS Discussions >Subject: Re: Open relay detected within your network > > > >> ... one can only wonder. What the router line says is, "if I receive >mail for 3-rivers.com, relay it to 3-rivers.com's smtp server" > >Quibbling with your wording, but the secondary is a 3-rivers.com smtp >server as well. I'd word it more like :if I receive mail for >3-rivers.com, do a DNS lookup on 3-rivers.com and pass it to the first >MX available with a higher priority (lower MX value) than me (a backup >MX server), starting with the highest priority (lowest MX value).
I was just trying to keep the explanation simple, my point being, this is an explicit instruction to relay. > >Follow-up question: > >Do you have the IP of the primary SMTP server in the client list of your >secondary? Yes, Paul does. > >I'm puzzled what generates the "will relay for a client" on your >secondary. I suspect it is, as has been noted, the primary's IP in the secondary's client list. > >In my own system which passes the ordb tests, I have the IP of the >secondary in the primaries client list, but the client list on my >secondary is empty. Me too. > >I wouldn't have a need even for the secondary IP to be listed as a >client on the primary (the .smtp rounter entry alone is sufficient), >except that I've had some instances where spammers have gotten my >primary to temp ban my secondary. Me too. > >Oh, and I'm using 1.8b9d14 Me too. Again, the point being, lots of us have a setup similar to Paul's and we don't have this problem. Paul does. The only seemingly significant difference being that primary's IP in the secondary's client list. I think it's more than coincidence, which is why I brought it up. ############################################################# 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]>
