oh, and you can also go here:
http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

To test your relay status.

On 7/23/05, Sam Folk-Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  I'm assuming then
> that the ones I don't recognize have been using my server as a relay. Is
> this a correct assumption?
> 
> Lisa -- sometimes relay attempts show up on that list in logwatch. For
> example, depending on how your server is configured, it could "appear"
> to accept messages for relay and then dump them after they fail SMTP
> authentication. I have found that sometimes a few unknown domains do
> show up in the logwatch files. Generally, i wouldn't worry about it
> unless you see like hundreds of messages on that list. As a general
> rule of thumb, the test you performed with mail-abuse.org will
> correctly report the relay status of your server.
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/23/05, Lisa C Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alan Porter wrote:
> > > telnet relay-test.mail-abuse.org
> >
> > When I did this it ended with "System appeared to reject relay
> > attempts". So, guess I don't!
> >
> > Jeff G wrote:
> >  > I'm pretty sure that the rogers.com address must be a
> >  > spammer trying to send me spam and probably failing.
> >
> > I've been trying to research LogWatch and what exactly it's telling me
> > so I was confused. The title of that part of the report says "Top
> > relays" and then numbers like 44/44 - I was guessing that it meant
> > that's how many messages or times it successfully relayed.
> >
> > Does anyone have any sites or docs that explain for newbies what you see
> > in the logs?
> >
> > Lisa B.
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