Look at the following and you can see, you are an open relay ! telnet storehousesoftware.com 25 Trying 216.206.99.82... Connected to storehousesoftware.com. Escape character is '^]'. ehlo cadfem.de 220 www.storehousesoftware.com (IMail 7.13 16-1) NT-ESMTP Server LX1 250-Requested mail action okay, completed 250-SIZE 30720000 250 8BITMIME mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 ok rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 ok its for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> data 354 ok, send it; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> TEST TEST TEST . 250 Message queued quit 221 Goodbye Connection closed by foreign host.
Heinrich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] open relay Well, my server was on the internet. But, it isn't anymore; it's behind a router. Imail should only relay messages that come from servers on my LAN behind the router. So, my server shouldn't be a spam threat. Am I missing something? I'm still not seeing where the Relay for Addresses is found. I have Imail 7.13. I'm looking under services at the various choices for SMTP. Is that the place? Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] open relay >Is there a way with Imail to specify the addresses that you will relay? The "Relay for Addresses" setting lets you choose which IP ranges are allowed to relay mail through your server. The only other people that can relay are those who use SMTP AUTH. The "No Mail Relay" setting only allows people to relay mail through server if they are using SMTP AUTH. >Why is being a relay for servers on your LAN a spam threat? Because it isn't your LAN -- your mailserver is on the Internet. If DSBL can reach your mailserver (and send an E-mail through it), so can that spammer. And, I'm sure your paying customers (assuming you're a business of some sort) wouldn't be happy to know that they have to pay you, but spammers don't. :) -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with no annual licensing fees. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ------------------------------------------------------------- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus/F-Prot] ------------------------------------------------------------- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus/F-Prot] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
