Jay D. Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 31 August 1999 at 19:47:44
-0700
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> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Justin Bell wrote:
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> > OK, so Mail.com and all it's domains have in their infinite wisdon have
> > decided to blacklist me due to the fact that
> > http://maps.vix.com/tsi/new-rlytest.cgi?ADDR=iq-ss5.iquest.net
> >
> > shows my machine as a possible relay, and because my machine processes
> > at least 80,000 mailing list recipients per day and they received 472
> > messages in one hour.
> >
> > Any idea on how to make it look secure?
>
> That is something of an sore issue for me, too. I've manually
> attempted the relay tests that the rlytest script does and none of them
> were successful (ones that did appear successful ended in internal bounces
> with no relaying performed). However, I think some coding is in order to
> make it apparent that Qmail *does* pass the 17-point inspection that the
> rlytest script performs.
Okay, I just tried the URL given above. Here's what it said about
possibly being vulnerable:
Relay test 6
>>> RSET
<<< 250 flushed
>>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<<< 250 ok
>>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<<< 250 ok
Relay test result
Uh oh, host appeared to accept a message for relay.
The host may reject this message internally, however
What it said is exactly true -- I did accept the message. And the
very next line points out that this may not be a problem.
If people are actually blacklisting based on this test, of course,
they're idiots, and we need to beat them about the head and
shoulders.
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