On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 12:32:18PM +0200, Oden Eriksson wrote:
> Hi there all,
>
> My Name is Oden and I'm new to this list and a Linux newbie, but
> I'm very enthusiastic!.
>
> I have run a small web hotel (more of a "private" solution) for
> months now using Linux Mandrake v5.3 (RedHat v5.2 + KDE v1.1)
> + Summersoft's "qmail-1.03-7.src.rpm" + "qmail-imap-4.5.beta-
> 2.src.rpm". Everything's running just fine but... I have an open
> relay... I got a e-mail from "The Open Relay Behaviour-modification
> System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" telling me someone may have used
> my server for spamming or something... My server was added to
> the "ORBS database" (what in the hell ever that is...).
>
> I've seen many posts about the Open Relay thing, but I guess I'm
> just too stupid to understand... I just cannot figure out a way to let
> my users use the smtp server without beeing an "open relay".
You might want to read a thing I wrote called "The qmail newbie's guide to
relaying," at http://www.palomine.net/qmail/relaying.html. It should answer
most of your questions.
Chris
