Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:14:45 -0400 From: "Charles A. Peters" <cpeters2@home.com> To: "Evren Yurtesen" <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: sendmail relaying rules causing problems Message-ID: <000101beecf4$1fb232a0$cb730418@charles.domain> In-Reply-To: <37C07FC5.4BB193DB@ispro.net.tr>
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But what about users who may be checking mail from domains that I am not aware of. Sure, I can modify the relay-domains file when they let me know about the problem, but I would be easier if this could be done in an automated fashion. Thanks, Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Evren Yurtesen > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 6:55 PM > To: cpeters2@home.com > Cc: Freebsd-Questions > Subject: Re: sendmail relaying rules causing problems > > > I believe that if you put the domains in the relay-domains file > everything > would work fine one domain per line like, > bellsouth.net > innova.net > carol.net > ... > then everybody who has an address like xxx.bellsouth.net or > yyy.innova.net > or zzz.carol.net will have access. > > so if you do not put their IP address you can have some kind of > wildcard. > for host names at those domain names. > > I hope the IP addresses you mention are resolved to host names. are > they? > > Evren > > "Charles A. Peters" wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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