On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:19:27 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
>Just as a side-note, it is a silly option anyway, isn't it? I've not used
>it for anything useful... yet.
I consider it a good option for a host that is secondary MX for a lot
of domains. Saves its admin from maintaining a list of these domains
Many thanks George.
Dave
> As the final entry in the section under directors:
>
> smart:
> driver = smartuser
> new_address = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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David Warnock
Sundayta Ltd
George and everyone else.
Thanks for the help.
We are now relay free according to all the tests I can do.
I have put exim on the firewall and am currently directly accessing it
via pop3 (qpopper). Now I would like to instead relay from exim on the
firewall to exim inside the firewall. How do I d
Ahh... I stand corrected.
I really should avoid answering mail relaying questions in hte middle of
the night!
Just as a side-note, it is a silly option anyway, isn't it? I've not used
it for anything useful... yet.
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Marc Haber wrote:
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:53:15 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
> >If you have the "relay-domains-include-local-MX = true" in your
> >/etc/exim.conf file, this is true. It WILL relay for anyone who lists
> >your machine as an MX for their domain (real, or not). I thin
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:53:15 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
>If you have the "relay-domains-include-local-MX = true" in your
>/etc/exim.conf file, this is true. It WILL relay for anyone who lists
>your machine as an MX for their domain (real, or not). I think this was
>the original question.
This is eit
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:15:59 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Nope. If a spammer puts the host in his DNS, you are going to relay
>> _TO_ him. So he can happily spam himself.
>
>Ok, maybe this has changed but I thought at one point Exim would take mail
>in either dir
If you have the "relay-domains-include-local-MX = true" in your
/etc/exim.conf file, this is true. It WILL relay for anyone who lists
your machine as an MX for their domain (real, or not). I think this was
the original question.
The other gentleman is right about if this setting is NOT on, and
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 08:22:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, David Warnock wrote:
>> relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
>
>You can turn this off because a spammer can simply put you host in his DNS
>makeing you an MX host and you will relay for him.
Nope. If a spammer puts the host
David,
You can check your mail hosts for relaying at
http://maps.vix.com/tsi/ar-test.html.
Ernest Johanson
Web Systems Administrator
Fuller Theological Seminary
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, David Warnock wrote:
> I have turned off all relaying (but don't know how to check that it is
> sucessful). But i
I am using the version that installs with slink which is 2.0.5 (I think)
Thanks
Dave
Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 03-Aug-99 David Warnock wrote:
> > I would like to reject all hosts apart from some named machines at
> > sundayta.co.uk but whenever I try that I stop all incoming mail from
> > other ho
On 03-Aug-99 David Warnock wrote:
> I would like to reject all hosts apart from some named machines at
> sundayta.co.uk but whenever I try that I stop all incoming mail from
> other hosts which is obviously not correct.
>
> Any help much appreciated while I still have some hair left.
>
You did n
Hi,
We have just had out exim router on our server abused by some spammers.
We had thought that we were securely setup, but it appears that our ISP
has recently changed something in their dns setup and it meant that
spammers have been able to use us as a relay.
I have some temporary fixes in whi
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