Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 16:01:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP <FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail relaying Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906261554520.53344-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199906261948.VAA76672@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, John Hay wrote: > > > > I just got a mail from ORBS (http://www.orbs.org/) telling me I'm an > > open mail relay on my home machine. I run current here, no mods, and > > since I thought that sendmail 8.9.3 came with relaying off by default, I > > didn't need to do anything to stop it. > > > > I checked my machine by logging into a different one, and sending mail > > to myself at a 3rd host, using my home machine (picnic.mat.net) as > > relay. Worked fine, but I was expecting ahd hoping for it to fail. > > > > Can someone tell me what I'm missing? All the stuff I can find on > > sendmail relay configuration is to carefully open up relaying (via lists > > to allow or deny some users) but I think I want to deny the universe. > > > > Well, looking in the header of this mail, it looks like your machine > (picnic.mat.net) is running the latest sendmail (8.9.3) but still > with an very old config file (8.8.5). Most of the anti-relaying is > actually in the config file. So just upgrade your config file. :-) Gotcha, did that, works now. Thanks! > > --------- > Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) > by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA60703 > for <FreeBSD-isp@freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:32:11 -0400 (EDT) > -------- > > John > -- > John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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