From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 4 2:48:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01CB037B417 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 02:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id BA1E616B1C for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:48:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from LenConrad.Go2France.com [66.64.14.18] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id AB222F70236; Mon, 04 Feb 2002 12:06:10 +0100 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020204044043.00bccec8@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 04:47:57 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: Testinf for open relays In-Reply-To: <20020204103010.GA1119@raggedclown.net> References: <20020204100042.G94814@mail.droso.net> <20020203190151.B69657-100000@deckard.addix.net> <20020203205910.GA2654@raggedclown.net> <200202040855.g148tkS21725@lv.raad.tartu.ee> <20020204100042.G94814@mail.droso.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I think he means exactly the opposite - that some servers 'seem' to > > > accept the message but do not actually relay it. > > > > This is true for several MTA's, e.g. Novell Groupwise. > > aka, "inputs.someRBL.RBL", suspected as participants in multi-stage relays, and blacklisted. Not to be confused with another kind of "input" at AOL.com, where AOL's MX's accept a msg for validrecipient@aol.com, but drop it silently. :)) FYI, here's the postfix transcript of a relay test by orbz: ============================================== Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:32:10 +0200 (CEST) From: MAILER-DAEMON@ns2.MEIway.com (Mail Delivery System) To: spambox@MEIway.com (Postmaster) Subject: Postfix SMTP server: errors from sender.orbz.org[205.231.149.53] Message-Id: <20010913073210.7A2B24D5@ns2.MEIway.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by VirusGate.MEIway.com X-UIDL: 300224321 Status: U Transcript of session follows. Out: 220 ns2.MEIway.com - ESMTP - Postfix - ATTN: UCE trespassers will be pursued. In: HELO orbz.org Out: 250 ns2.MEIway.com In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 554 : Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM:<> Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 554 : Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<"relay@orbz.org"> Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<"relay%orbz.org"> Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<"relay@orbz.org"@localhost> Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<@localhost:relay@orbz.org> Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 504 : Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 554 : Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO: Out: 554 : Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<"relay@orbz.org"> Out: 554 : Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied In: RSET Out: 250 Ok In: MAIL FROM: Out: 250 Ok In: RCPT TO:<"relay%orbz.org"> Out: 504 : Recipient address rejected: need fully-qualified address In: RSET Out: 250 Ok Session aborted, reason: lost connection ============================================== Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message