Hi Richard, Most likely its a misaddressed spam - your mail server is trying to return it to the "@yahoo" originator as unknown recipient. Probably the yahoo account never existed (headers are easily forged) or Yahoo have disactivated it due to the spammout. That message is a yahoo standard for bouncing spam cases - they probably have a different message for open relays ;) Just for interest, if Yahoo are in the practice of suspending spam-associated mail accounts, what would stop anyone forging a mail out on behalf of any yahoo user and suspending the account? *shrug* I guess this is a problem with SMTP really, as there is no authentication. Cheers, Marty
-----Original Message----- From: Richard McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: SPAM relay Hi folks I just want to run this past you all. I have two servers connected to the internet. Both have been sending this message The following recipients did not receive the attached mail. Reasons are listed with each recipient: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSEXCH:IMS:Appropria:US-Pleasanton:BOWMORE 3553 (000B09B6) 553 VS10-RT Possible forgery or deactivated due to abuse - see http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/spam/spam-18.html <http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/spam/spam-18.html> (#5.1.1) The message that caused this notification was: I have (as far as I know) configured the servers to stop relaying and I do get relaying denied messages when I test it. Anyone know whether I should be worrying about this message? Richard List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
