On [Tue, 30.03. 23:02], Davide Libenzi wrote: > > http://www.xmailserver.org/Readme.html#configuration > > In particular the step that says 'THIS IS IMPORTANT'. The difference, > giving for granted that user do not read the documentation, is that if I > close the relay I will receive tons of email saying (subjects in random > order): > > I cannot send message through XMail ... > What does relay denied means ... > My server does not work, can you configure it for me ... > > So basically I have to decide who pays. Myself being personally annoied > with those cr*p, or ppl that does not read the doc and gets open relay. > I'd better stick my the current setup, what do you think? As administrators of mailservers should be security aware it would be better someone _not_ knowing what he/she is doing has to read the docs _before_ anything works.
About 1/3 of the mails we recieve nowadays are viri, I do not use a spam filter, so any assumption I make here must be wrong. But I think it must be in the same magnitude. As maintainer of the XMail project I am afraid it is your duty to make it a 'safe' server by default. The fact that '70% of the folks don't read docs' only encourages a change in the defaults. Make it a closed relay. Set up mailfilters for your inbox, deleting any mail with the subjects lines you mentioned above ;-) And the Net will get less open relays per day. just my opinion Goesta -- Wiener Hilfswerk - EDV 1072 Wien, Schottenfeldgasse 29 Tel: 512 36 61 DW 407 / Fax 512 36 61 33 -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBQGpyNeEKFiIqAG4fAQKoUAf/VewHepjITCKIipFmgrVVygRkHnkrS3mN jR/EqVbIPRid4W5lzZDkk+4VFKSaC/hiuwYNrXHxUx7X/fcJtHf2Uv6Uf3TLxcUN PnYAI2PT5i7Jx2xgg/eo0JVqqHWXSONnbgGFHX69I+8fkuHzuE+u4/VcaFziQ6I3 oCP/PVErt5ux4aJJoU0RmpnE0QRbUVGd/J+BV8WrpaCTaZshSFgjusToExkMYvoN A/ZGteDg10EXHaMdgWcrMg8iZJxPEDNgrE0pyW8AspIECS/SQw8aLkOdanNyEdpV 0dNYJJMOECwlPwtJS0NkGGZEhXy49a+jKxFxrPV3d0YphV1GaKSzoA== =/6qJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
