Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:33:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Nick LoPresti <nick@chromatix.com> Cc: "T.J. Arrowsmith" <tarrowsmith@amicapital.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help with sendmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908191631400.47172-100000@adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <004a01beea99$8788d4e0$8c7361cf@dogwood.chromatix.com>
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You don't want to allow all relay. Spammers will eventually find out, and then your server winds up on ORBS and other lists of that type, and then your legitimate mail gets blocked. Only allow relay from hosts that are yours or that you have an arrangement with. Bri On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Nick LoPresti wrote: > works good. Two questions: > > Is there a way to do wildcarding? Does foo.com work for a.foo.com, > b.foo.com, etc.? > Is there a way to allow all relaying? Everything can go? > > Thanks for your help. > > ================================================ > > Nick > nick@chromatix.com > Web Page: http://www.lopresti.dhs.org/users/nick > -----Original Message----- > From: T.J. Arrowsmith <tarrowsmith@amicapital.com> > To: Nick LoPresti <nick@chromatix.com> > Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 6:11 PM > Subject: RE: Please help with sendmail > > > >Nick, > > > >I'm no expert (hell, on FreeBSD i'm not even a power user yet), but if you > >have recently upgraded your Sendmail (from 8.8.x to 8.9.x), you need to > know > >that the newer version of Sendmail denies relaying by default. Older > >versions didn't. If you do have the newer version of sendmail, you'll need > >to check the relay-domains file in /etc/mail and add in the domains from > >which users are sending mail through your server. Then, restart sendmail. > >It's a pain in the ass, but necessary if you don't want some spammer using > >your box to flood the world with their drivel. > > > >Good luck and let me know if that works. > > > >T.J. Arrowsmith > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nick LoPresti > >> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:55 PM > >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Please help with sendmail > >> > >> > >> I already sent this one out, but no one sent me any replies... I > >> am out of > >> resources for this one, please help. > >> > >> I am currently running FreeBSD 3.2. > >> Some of my users to my sendmail(smtp) server from the internet to > >> send mail > >> from their clients. Just recently it stopped working... All messages > >> sent(except those sent to the local machine) are rejected do to the > >> following error: > >> --- Relaying Denied --- > >> > >> Also, I can send mail out from the local machine... I don't quite > >> understand. > >> > >> I did not set up any relaying? Did something change? A specific rule I > >> should look at? > >> > >> Any help would be wonderful. This is sorta on a high priority. Thanks > >> guys, your great! > >> Let me know if I can provide you with any other info. THANX AGAIN!!! > >> > >> ================================================ > >> > >> Nick > >> nick@chromatix.com > >> Web Page: http://www.lopresti.dhs.org/users/nick > >> > >> > >> > >> 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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