Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:02:46 -0500 From: "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG> To: 'Tim Wilde' <twilde@dyndns.org>, Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: And the abuse continues... Message-ID: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB17DDDBF7@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>
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Alright, so here's the question: I'm new to being a mailadmin. How do I determine if my mail servers are open for relaying or not, and if they are, how do I close them? Is there a FAQ or a HOWTO somewhere on this topic? Thanks, Ricky Morse -----Original Message----- From: Tim Wilde [mailto:twilde@dyndns.org] Sent: Thursday 28 February 2002 10:45 AM To: Jim Freeze Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: And the abuse continues... On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Jim Freeze wrote: > I own freebsdportal.com and 63.106.140.202 is mine. > But, I have no connection to orbz.org, hootermul.ru or vmadmin.com. Well, the stuff from orbz.org is an automated relay tester. It's harmless, and some would consider it to be a good thing; in theory, at least, it will notify you if you happen to be running an open relay without knowing it. Some of the various other ones may also be part of the relay tests, or just random spammers doing their own relay scans. It's a normal part of being a host on the Internet, and as long as your mail server is secured, you should have nothing to worry about. Tim -- Tim Wilde twilde@dyndns.org Systems Administrator Dynamic DNS Network Services http://www.dyndns.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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