[Mailman-Users] [OT] open relay probes...

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Wed Dec 12 17:11:23 CET 2001


Interesting problem, since by default Sendmail will no longer relay.  You 
have to modify it or program it to be an open relay.

http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html

You may want to download the latest version and install that, then revisit 
your access rules in /etc/mail/...

Jon Carnes

On Wednesday 12 December 2001 08:32, Camel - Jay S. Curtis wrote:
> Need a little help - Getting relay probes from AOL and obiz (sic) that
> are reporting an "open relay" on my servers. (this has only happened
> after starting the lists) I'm running RH 7.2 w/ sendmail 8.11.x and the
> config tools are lousy. Anyone have a sure-fire, failsafe way to kill
> this problem?? (I get a migraine just OPENING sendmail.cf)
> Any help would be appreciated. - respond "off list" to hold the traffic
> down if you like.
> PS: check out the "relaycheck" pages to see if you have this
> vulnerability.
>
> JSC




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