If you don't have the file /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts, then your server is an open relay.
Anyway, I believe qmail has good documentation on selective relaying and open relaying. You might want to check those. On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:53, Ina Patricia Lopez wrote: > i ran a relay test from http://www.abuse.net/cgi-bin/relaytest > and i got this result. im using qmail. is my server an open relay? > > Relay test 9 > >>> RSET > <<< 250 flushed > >>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<< 250 ok > >>> RCPT TO:<"relaytest%abuse.net"> > <<< 250 ok > Relay test result > Hmmn, at first glance, host appeared to accept a message for relay. > THIS MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN THAT IT'S AN OPEN RELAY. > Some systems appear to accept relay mail, but then reject messages > internally rather than delivering them, but you cannot tell at this > point whether the message will be relayed or not. > You cannot tell if it is really an open relay without sending a test > message; this anonymous user test DID NOT send a test message. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
