hi thanks for that. We have a campus policy prohibiting e-mail relaying (after some spamming incidents) ... that's why i was interested in the connection actually ... i was curious because the machine isn't really used for MTA purposes, though it hosts a few mailing lists. What exactly did you mean by verifying the address?
thanks Andrew -----Original Message----- From: C. Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:19 PM To: 'Andrew McRobert' Subject: RE: Quick netsat qstn Basically yes. It means there is a connection to the SMTP port of my.computer.dom from foreign.address. We *presume* it is sending you mail... but it could be someone sending email to one of your relayed domains, or VRFYing an email address. Does this server deny routing email for non-local accounts? ---------- From: Andrew McRobert[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2000 5:10 PM To: Debian-Users (E-mail) Subject: Quick netsat qstn hi all i was wondering what it means when netstat shows a connection at: [my.computer.dom]:smtp [foreign address] ... does it simply mean that someone is sending mail to my.computer.dom? thanks Andrew ------------------------------------------------- Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) IT Officer, School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Perth, Western Australia Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479] Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null