this is exactly what I have used and have got the reply from ORDB

This is an automatically generated email

The host you submitted at ORDB.org (63.x.x.x), has been thoroughly
checked, and does not seem to permit relaying.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R.
Scott Perry
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [imail] Open Relay



> >"Relay for local users" means "anyone can send mail through the server if
> >they use a return address on your domain, real or not".
> >
> >In order not to be an open relay, you have to use either "Relay for
> >Addresses" or "No mail relay".
> >                                                    -Scott
>
>I see this and similar threads pop up so often and I have to ask, what is
>the other option here?  Is not the combination of Relay mail for local
users
>along with Diable SMTP 'VRFY' command a good one?

No.

E-mail is a lot like regular mail:  You can put any return address on it
you want.  It's just as easy to put a fake one on as a real one.  If you
use "Relay mail for local users", all a person has to do is send mail from
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]", and their mail will go out.

                                                    -Scott
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