Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:03:23 -0500 From: Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Not quite mail relay Message-ID: <159587218.20030913130323@mygirlfriday.info> In-Reply-To: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A2026C725@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> References: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A2026C725@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
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Hello Derrick, Saturday, September 13, 2003, 12:02:01 PM, you wrote: D> I am looking for a way to further secure a mail server. A mail server is either secure or not, not half way... it's like being half pregnant. If you installed qmail properly and from lifewithqmail.org it is secure by default. D> It isn't an open rely, but when others try to use it as such with bad D> return addresses, a small flood of rejection mail end up on the bad D> addressed server. Is it at your server? If not so .. Spammers forge return addresses all the time. This has nothing to do with qmail. If they are using a forged return address, they are not using your server. D> Ex. D> To: blah@msn.com D> From: fake@hotmail.com D> hotmail ends up with a ton of bounce msgs Bounces are a normal part of email life. D> and thinks the server is a relay. No they don't. Email admims look at the last sender IP address in the headers, which is the only valid address, all others are usually forged. D> How would I go about just dropping those msgs completely? Are you saying you are getting bounced messages from your domain, or are you getting messages from hotmail, just what are you saying.. Are they coming from one source, one From sender, what? D> Qmail is the mail server, but I was hoping someone would have an idea. Yes, but you have to provide more info rather than speculate on what you are having a problem with. Are you an open relay? Check your logs? If so, something is not configured properly. If you are just getting bounces from your own domain, and someone is forging your domain as the sender or return address in their spam, that is called a Joe-Job. -- Best regards, Gary
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