Re: AS/400's and Open Mail Relays

["MDC Information Systems" <mdcis@xxxxxx>]

Bill,

You might also want to look at fixes and stuff on
http://maps.vix.com/tsi/ar-fix.html
Also the local ISP should be interested in aiding you close the open relay
(ours was).
I'd be interested to hear (offline) how you get on (OS versions, PTFs etc).

Regards,
Mike Dunnion  http://www.mdc.ie mdcis@iol.ie

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Robins <brobins3d@yahoo.com>
To: Midrange Discussion List <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: 24 February 2000 00:05
Subject: AS/400's and Open Mail Relays


>I received a spam e-mail yesterday and after chewing on the information to
>find out who sent it, I found out that it was relayed through an AS/400
>system!  Note that this is different than sending the mail, but not by much
>since an open relay allows a spammer to freely use that system to send out
>their junk.
>
>I sent a friendly note to the company and told them I would help them close
>the relay if they need the help.  So, my question to you all is:  How do
you
>disallow e-mail relaying through an AS/400's mail server?
>
>Bill
>
>
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