On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 01:42, Donovan Baarda wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 01:09, Shri Shrikumar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just did an open relay test on one of my servers and to my surprise
> > found that it in an open relay. In particular, it accepts emails to the
> > form of
> >
> > someone%somewhereelse.com@here.com
> >
> > where here.com is a local domain within exim.
>
> Check the bug reports on exim. There is a case where a stock standard
> Debian install of exim (and possibly postfix) can turn out to be an open
> relay.
>
> What happens is the the "satellite" email server blindly forwards email
> to the smart-host, and the smart-host blindly trusts the satellite
> system because it's within the trusted domain. Between the two of them
> they become an open relay.
There is only one exim installed and its setup as an internet site. It
seems to work fine after changing the percent_hack to the following
percent_hack_domains=""
Thanks for your time,
Shri
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