Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 08:21:12 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail: open-relay Message-ID: <20100104082112.41f2fe76@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <1262609496.9547.12.camel@pukruppa.net> References: <1262609496.9547.12.camel@pukruppa.net>
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:51:36 +0100 Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.net> replied: >Hi, > >I am running my own small mail-server, i.e. I use my desktop pc for >sending and receiving my private mails. >That worked quite nicely the last years. From time to time I tested my >mail-server via abuse.net's mail-relay tester. - Never got any >positives. >Now suddenly I receive one: > This is a test of third-party mail relay, generated via the > Network Abuse Clearinghouse at http://www.abuse.net. > > Target host = 213.146.114.24 pukruppa.net > Test performed by <ulrich@pukruppa.net> from 213.146.114.24 > > A well-configured mail server should NOT relay third-party > email. > Otherwise, the server is subject to abuse by vandals and > spammers, > and probable blacklisting by recipients of the unwanted > third-party > e-mail. >Of course I had some fun trying to read sendmail's documentation. But I >guess I need some help with this. > >I am running FreeBSD -STABLE 8.0 amd64 . >I don't think I ever played around with sendmail's configuration. I >just use it as came out of the box. > >Any ideas? > >Uli. I just tried and received a "Relaying denied" response. By the way, I noticed that you apparently do not employ SMTP Authentication or offer STARTTLS on either port 25 or 587. You might want to consider employing them. Then again, you could just install Postfix. It is far easier to configure. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. Benjamin Disraeli
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