Question to all, apropos to the following message and the current thread on AOL MTAs:
In trying to figure out why AOL kills some messages from my users, I noted on their web pages that you can submit an IP address to AOL and they will test it to see if it is an open relay. http://postmaster.info.aol.com/index.cfm?article=8 Has anyone tried this? Is it a reliable open relay test, or is it hosed? Don't want to make things worse than they already are by submitting to a flawed "open relay" test. Thanks // Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Herber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SIMS Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Checking SIMS relay.. > It is rumored that on or about 2002-07-18 8:37 AM -0700, Dave wrote as follows: > >Hi there... > > > >Now that I have installed SIMS, read the documentation and > >researched the SIMS discussion archive, I want to test that I have > >in fact created a mail server that does not allow relaying except > >from one local client on my network. > > > >How do I test my server without using the submit test routines at > >"relays.osirusoft.com" or "ORDB.org"? I don't want to become > >blacklisted if in fact my server is open... > > > >Thanks for any help... dave > > There are 2 ways I know of: > > 1) Send mail from an account outside of your client list to someone > outside your client list. Moderately difficult because you need an > "outside IP" and you need to use a relaying address structure > (described somewhere in the SIMS docs). > > 2) Have someone telnet into your server from outside and see if it > accepts relay mail. In the OS X terminal window it would look like > this: > > >telnet clientfromhell.com 25 > >Trying 209.xxx.xxx.xxx... > >Connected to clientfromhell.com. > >Escape character is '^]'. > >220-Stalker Internet Mail Server V.1.8b9d11 is ready. > >220 ESMTP is spoken here. You are welcome > >helo mail.eton.ca > >250 xxxxxxx.com is pleased to meet you > >MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sender accepted > >RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >571 [EMAIL PROTECTED] we do not relay. > >quit > >221 xxxxxx.com closing connection > >Connection closed by foreign host. > > -- > Neil > > Neil Herber, RGD > Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/ > Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1 > Tel: (613) 829-4668 > > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
