Philip, Tim (CNBC Asia) writes:
> orbs.org recently tested our qmail server, I mailed them and they advised
> that our server could be used as a "proxy mailbomb relay". By this they
> mean that a message with a forged FROM: address and multiple bad
> RCPT TO: addresses will generate multiple non-delivery reports being
> sent to the forged FROM: address. Is it possible to stop this?
No. It's an artifact of the SMTP protocol. Anybody who claims that
qmail will do this but sendmail will not is just blowing smoke.
> ------------ HERE IS WHAT ORBS.ORG SAID ABOUT QMAIL: ------------
>
> Kick Qmail's author.
Alan is the south end of a horse going north. Given the way he runs
orbs.org and the accusations he makes of people, I'm amazed that
anyone uses ORBS.
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