On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Chuck Lewis wrote:

> But from what I understand there is a difference between open relay and open
> proxy (?)

"open relay" in the classical sense of the term specifically applies to
MTA's that are configured as open relays.

open proxy is an open _proxy_ (http, socks etc) service, which among
other possible forms of abuse can also allow "relaying" mail through it.


rgds,
netcat


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