Re: Is sendmail open to relay?
Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Some time ago, i was handed the administration of the local mail server.
> Unfortunately this is just one of the many things I've got to do and as
> such I've never had much time to look through the config's, especially
> sendmail.
>
> Today i received several messages indicating that the machine was used
> for spam relaying, wich obviously is a cause of great concern both to me
> and to the bosses.
>
> The .mc file has a line that says FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)dnl and i
> believed that this would be enough... Apparently it is not... Can
> someone please explain me how can i check if the relay is open and how
> to fix it. Isn't there a way for me to tell sendmail that it should only
> relay mail's from our own domain (uevora.pt).
>
> I know what your going to say, and yes i do have the bat book (right
> beside me) but i miss something very important ... TIME.
Ok! No need to reply anymore. I've fixed the problem. I used the
www.orbs.org as a starting point and i was able to fix it
Thanks anyway (at least for reading this)
--
Mario Filipe
mjnf@uevora.pt
http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf
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