Re: Am I really an Open Relay?

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

W. Paul Mills wrote:
> westk@nicanor.acu.edu (Kent West) writes:
>
>
> > My network security honcho just came in and told me that according to 
> > ORDB, my Debian box is an open relay. Am I really a relay, and how do I 
> > tighten up the security if I am? Thanks!
> >
> > Here's the message that ORDB sent to me:
> >
> >
> > > This is an automatically generated mail from ORDB.org.
> > >
> > > Your submitted host 150.252.128.51 has been classified as an open relay and
> > > is now stored in our database.
> > >             
> > > If you in any way appreciate this information we welcome donations of any amount,
> > > be they small or large, to cover some of the expenses associated with development
> > > and maintenance of ORDB. http://ORDB.org/donate/ is the place to go.
> > >
> > > This email is sent from an unattended mailbox, so please do not
> > > reply to it. To find information about how to contact ORDB.org,  
> > > please visit http://ORDB.org/contact/.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Have a nice day, thank you for using ORDB.org.
> > >
> > > PS. Need this mail translated? Have a look at:
> > > http://ORDB.org/translation/#open_relay_detected
> >
> >
> > And another message from them:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Envelope-to: postmaster@westek.acu.edu
> > > From: bitbucket@ORDB.org
> > > To: postmaster
> > > Subject: Open relay detected within your network
> > >
> > > This is an automatically generated mail from ORDB.org.
> > >
> > > Someone has submitted your mail server 150.252.128.51 to our relay checker a
> > > <http://ORDB.org/submit/>, and we have learned that it is in fact an
> > > open relay.
> > >
> > > For details about the test results, please refer to
> > > <http://ORDB.org/lookup/?host=150.252.128.51>.
>
> From what I see, looks like you need to add this to exim.conf
>
> local_domains_include_host_literals = false
>
> Worked for me anyway.
>
> Paul


According to
http://www.paladincorp.com.au/unix/spam/spamlart/
that seems to have helped some.

So I reran eximconfig and chose the option for local delivery only; now 
I appear to be "clean".



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