On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:20:47AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:48:14AM +0000, Darren Salt wrote: > > see if you still don't have a problem. Or try giving the server a local (to > > it) address after MAIL FROM: the server should complain unless you're on a > > network which it considers to be local. > > Tried that with both qmail and postfix, and it still accepts it. > > (ie. telnet to remote server, entered "MAIL FROM: $remoteaddress", > and the server still accepts it even though it considers it a > local address).
Did you also give RCPT TO: after that?
$ mx gmx.net
gmx.net MX 10 mx0.gmx.de
gmx.net MX 10 mx0.gmx.net
$ telnet mx0.gmx.net 25
Trying 213.165.64.100...
Connected to mx0.gmx.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 {mx018-rz3} GMX Mailservices ESMTP
EHLO test
250-{mx018-rz3} GMX Mailservices
250-AUTH=LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 {mx018-rz3} ok
RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
550 {mx018-rz3} We do not relay - access denied
Connection closed by foreign host.
$
This is from a dial up line. Both addresses exist. The reply is completely
okay, if I wanted to send a mail as [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would have to
authorize myself via the AUTH mechanism or do pop-before-smtp, which I did
not.
The same would have happened if I set MAIL FROM: to another address.
The other way round would have worked, ie. MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. That's how you would send a mail to me.
Greetings,
Oliver
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