Understood, thanks guys On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Peter Johnson <johnson.pet...@gmail.com>wrote:
> By definition an open relay is an SMTP server that will accept and forward > on email for domains for which it is not responsible. By default any > Exchange Server post 2000 will be not be an open relay by default IIRC > correctly. > > If u have an antispam service in the cloud and your edge device/firewall > is configured to only SMTP from your provided IP addresses a default > receive connector should be fine. > > On 26 Jan 2013, at 13:20, Alexander Rose <arose...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Just wondering how would one prevent being an open relay yet still be able > to receive emails from most domains (hotmail, gmail,...) without any > configuration? > How would you need to configure your receive connectors, i just realize i > did not have to worry about it as we receive our emails from an online > anti-spam provider so we just allow its set of IPs, but for a shop that > receives directly emails from outside whether or not you have an edge > server? > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
