Date: 10 Nov 2002 12:08:30 -0900 From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net> To: Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: How to stop SPAMMER??! Message-ID: <1036962510.1691.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <001b01c288f6$6a00b9c0$0200a8c0@bartxp> References: <001b01c288f6$6a00b9c0$0200a8c0@bartxp>
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On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 11:18, Derrick Ryalls wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Warren Block > > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:50 AM > > To: W. D. > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: How to stop SPAMMER??! > > > > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, W. D. wrote: > > > > > At 19:49 11/9/2002, Steve Wingate wrote: > > > > > > 2. Are you the recipient of spam or is your box being used as a > > > >relay? > > > > > > Relay. > > > > http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/qmail-how-to.html > > That is the site I used to get a basic qmail system up and running. The > file which determines who can use qmail to relay is /etc/tcp.smtp > > 127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" > 192.168.1.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" > :allow > > The first two lines allow localhost and local network to relay using the > box, the third line I believe allows anyone to send mail to the box. If > the people using your qmail have fairly static ip addys, then just added > them to this file with the relayclient option. Ranges of ips are > enabled via dropping the last octet as shown in line two above. After > modifying tcp.smtp, you need to run this line for tcpserver > > /usr/local/bin/tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < > /etc/tcp.smtp > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > In fact, if your system is an open relay, you should > > disconnect it from the net until you have it closed. There > > are two reasons for that. The first is to stop the abuse of > > your system. The second is to keep your system from being > > added to lists of open relays or spam sources. > > > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > > > > Also make sure in your /var/qmail/control directory that you have an 'rcpthosts' file with only your domain in it eg 'echo your.domain >> rcpthosts' if this is not so then you are an open relay. Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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