Magnus,
I agree the ORBS test are dumb and don't really pertain to 95% of the
mail servers out there. But if you are in the ORBS database then some mail
is going to be rejected. This test is just a overall test so that all system
administrators can test. Not just the 95% of us out there. And as far as
decision making.. no one is making any decisions. If you know certain test
don't apply to you. Ignore them! As a mail administrator you should know
which test do and don't apply to your server.. The test does not report it's
results to anywhere except your browser.
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: Magnus Bodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: qmail list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Open relay test.
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:00:14AM -0400, Sean C Truman wrote:
> > I am adding the non-colors, table feature.. I do not like the colors or
> > tags. GUI people like it.. I will add a Bool for the Graphics and table
> > format.. so that you can switch from either mode.. however as you
reported
> > at the bottom it is not considered a open relay.. But if ORBS runs the
test
> > and it fails then you are added to the ORBS database..
>
> But ORBS tests are dumb.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] could actually be a
> mail address at my system.
>
> Why should anybody make a false decision about me running an open relay
due
> to the fact that there are lots of MTA:s out there with buggy percenthack
> implementations/configurations?
>
> This holds for the other "strange" e-mail addresses in the test as well.
>
> /magnus
>
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