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Re: open relay
anu bhaskar spake thusly on Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:40:59PM +0530:
> i am using a mail server with qmail, tcprules.
> if any one in the world telnets to 25 port of my mail server and uses
> following commands my mail server sends mail.
> mail from: xyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> rcpt to: anu@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> if its other way round like below example it will not allow to send mail
> saying relaying not permitted
> mail from: xyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> rcpt to: abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> is my mail server an open relay or not and if it is. how to prevent it?
>
> thank you
>
> --
> anu bhaskar
>
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Do you have a /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts file? If so, what's in it?
Regards,
Richard
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