The problem may be with the way Notes solves the relay problem. When you
add the SMTPMTA_REJECT_RELAYS=1 command to the notes.ini, Notes will still
accept the inbound email that is to be relayed. The message is then
rejected and a reply is sent to the originator stating that the MTA doesn't
allow relaying. If your ISP is using some automated tool to check for
relays he may be seeing the message accepted, but not getting the resulting
"reject" message.
Dave
At 09:08 AM 7/8/99 -0700, Frank J. Estrada wrote:
>Thanks to all who replied, and for the input. The variable
>SMTP_OCH_REJECT_RELAYS was added to the notes.ini file, but relaying is
>still possible according to our ISP. NT 3.51 could be the problem, but
>that's not a definitive answer. I don't see how the version of Lotus
>Notes we're running has anything to do with it. It's the SMTP/Mime MTA
>software running on the MTA that's the problem. No?
>We do have a Cisco PIX firewall that is still running with it's generic
>setup. According to Cisco documentation, outbound connections are
>allowed while direct inbound connections are not. My thinking is that I
>would need to reconfigure the PIX to deny any unwanted connections from
>coming in. Any ideas on how to do this without preventing legitimate
>connections from coming in or going out? Thanks in advance for your
>help.
>
>Frank J. Estrada
>Network Administrator
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