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  3. November 2001

Re: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Brad Jensen wrote:

> If you mean they are coming to the SMTP server from various ip
> addresses on the net, that's the definition of open relay. You
> can't do that. You want to get your email over the internet? You
> have to dial in directly, or work from a fixed IP that is accepted
> by your firewall (or the SMTP server can accept/block ip addresses
> and ranges.)

SMTP is *not* used to *get* mail - only send.  I don't have an open relay
and I can get my mail from anywhere.  No special firewall rules, no
special software.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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