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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2007 08:56:45 -0500
From:      Jack Barnett <jackbarnett@gmail.com>
To:        Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: reject mail hosts
Message-ID:  <4652F69D.9050609@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4652BFCD.3060405@webanoide.org>
References:  <4652A750.3010504@gmail.com> <4652BFCD.3060405@webanoide.org>

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Thanks for the info.

If all of those requests have been denied (by the way, which file are 
those logged into?) - then have any of them worked?

I just want to make sure I'm not relaying/accepting spam!

-J

Mikhail Goriachev wrote:
> Jack Barnett wrote:
>   
>> This is in the "daily run output".  Anyone know what this means?  It's 
>> it someone trying to relay/spam though me?
>>     
>
> That's right. Someone's trying to deliver/relay e-mails through your
> system and such attempts get logged and reported to you.
>
>   
>> Checking for rejected mail hosts:
>>    2 bcast.americansingles.com (553... exist)
>>    1 gmail.com (550... denied)
>>    1 aol.com (550... denied)
>>    1 < (553... required)
>>     
>
>
> 553... exist: domain of sender doesn't exist
> 550... denied: relaying denied / authentication required
>
>
>
> You shouldn't worry about it.
>
>
> Regards,
> Mikhail.
>
>   




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