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

[Brad Jensen <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Rehm wrote:
>
> I don't suppose you'd have an idea who was spamming via your machine, do
> you?

Actually, you do not have to have anyone use you as a spam relay
to be targeted by the ORB zealots. (I guess it is clear where I
stand on this issue.)

They probe your system to see if it can realy SMTP - which all
systems that follow the RFCs do, by the way. In other words, if
your system works correctly, they black hole list you. Then
other people write their mail servers to read the black hole
list, and if you are on it, they don't accept your mail. Even if
it is an individual email.

Basically these guys are terrorists who have hijacked the
internet RFC process. The real solution is to password protect
SMTP connections, the same as POP3. Meanwhile some vigilantes
have found a horse they can ride.

meanwhile they have caused far more damage to the internet than
any saving they could hope to make. basically you have to
reconfigure your smtp server to refuse connections except from
inside your local net and a few selected ips. If you can't dial
in and get your mail on the road, this is why.

We eneded up putting a couple of 800 number dialins to our
server, so we bypass the net to pick up mail. Pretty stupid, but
it works.





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