Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:55:14 -0700 From: "Alastair D'Silva" <deece@newmillennium.net.au> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail relaying rules causing problems Message-ID: <03da01beee49$12ddc660$6b6d08cb@omen.com.au> References: <002101beeced$26e811e0$cb730418@charles.domain>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Charles A. Peters <cpeters2@home.com> To: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, 22 August 1999 15:24 Subject: sendmail relaying rules causing problems > I have a small email server that hosts about 200 email accounts. The > account holders typically check their email from locations such as > bellsouth.net, innova.net, carol.net, mindspring.net, etc..., but > when they check from these domains, they get a relaying denied error > 550 message back from my server. I found that I can fix this by > placing their ip address in my /etc/mail/relay-domains file, but if > they dial in later, I have to change the address in the > /etc/mail/relay-domains file and killall -hup sendmail. This is not > practical. > > I have considered turning off the relaying rules in sendmail to fix > the problem, but I don't want to leave my server open for abuse. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this? > > Thanks in advance! > > Charles > > mailto: cpeters2@home.com > mailto: charles@chickenbean.com > Simple solution, get them to use the mail server local to their ISP for sending mail, and only have them check mail off your server via pop3/imap4. -- Alastair D'Silva Networking Consultant New Millennium Networking deece@newmillennium.net.au 0413 485 733 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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