Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:45:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP <FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail relaying Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906261744210.53344-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199906262130.RAA09035@etinc.com>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Dennis wrote: > Anyone who subscribes to ORBs isnt worth sending mail to anyway, so dont > worry about it. One of my (potential) suppliers lost a big order because > they kept bouncing my emails *shrug*, I bought from someone else. Some > college weenie thought he was doing them a favor and it probably cost them > 5 times his salary. I just checked, etinc.com isn't in the databases I could find. If you're not in favor of efforts to limit spam, well, I think you're categorizing yourself. If you think that college student misadministered the system, then that is what you should complain about. > > DB > > At 03:32 PM 6/26/99 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > >I thought you folks here on this list would know more than most about > >sendmail, so while I'm not an ISP (not today, not on this personal > >machine problem) I think this is the right audience. > > > >I just got a mail from ORBS (http://www.orbs.org/) telling me I'm an > >open mail relay on my home machine. I run current here, no mods, and > >since I thought that sendmail 8.9.3 came with relaying off by default, I > >didn't need to do anything to stop it. > > > >I checked my machine by logging into a different one, and sending mail > >to myself at a 3rd host, using my home machine (picnic.mat.net) as > >relay. Worked fine, but I was expecting ahd hoping for it to fail. > > > >Can someone tell me what I'm missing? All the stuff I can find on > >sendmail relay configuration is to carefully open up relaying (via lists > >to allow or deny some users) but I think I want to deny the universe. > > > >Help! > > > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > >chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. > >(301) 220-2114 | > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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