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How do I stop anyone from sending email.

Last post 03-08-2007 11:03 AM by slalomdrew. 4 replies.
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  • 03-08-2007 8:39 AM

    • rtonerii
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    • Hendersonville, NC
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    How do I stop anyone from sending email.

    Reply Contact

    OK,

    I know my subject is not right.  I could not think of a better subject.

     What I am having a problem with is I can telnet my SM Box and put in any send from address and send it to whoever.  From what I can tell this will keep putting me on a BLACKLIST. 

    I have tried to turn on require authenticate before sending but I can still do the above things.

     What can I do?

    Sad

  • 03-08-2007 9:13 AM In reply to

    Re: How do I stop anyone from sending email.

    Reply Contact
    Make sure you have Allow Relay set to nobody under Settings/General Settings/Security

  • 03-08-2007 9:38 AM In reply to

    Re: How do I stop anyone from sending email.

    Reply Contact
    When you are telnetting in, are sending TO an address you host or an address hosted elsewhere?

  • 03-08-2007 10:30 AM In reply to

    • rtonerii
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    • Joined on 05-04-2005
    • Hendersonville, NC
    • Posts 12

    Re: How do I stop anyone from sending email.

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    glowthian: 
        I have Allow Relay set to "Nobody" (but it is still sending).

    slalomdrew
        I am trying to a known address but from BillGates@Microsoft.com

    Here s what I typed.

    me> telnet mail.myDomain.com 25
    SM>220 compuetrName.myDomain.com
    me>helo computername
    SM>250 computerName Hello [sm's ip address]
    me>mail from: billgates@microsoft.com
    SM>250 OK <billgates@microsoft.com> Sender ok
    me>rcpt to: me@myDomain.com   (I can only send an email to myself)
    SM>250 OK <me@myDomain.com> Recipient ok
    me>data
    SM>354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
    me>Type some message here
    me>.   (I type <CRLF>.<CRLF>)
    SM>250 OK
    me>quit
    SM>221 Service closing transmission channel.

    One weird thing I am seeing.  On the line "SM>250 computerName Hello [sm's ip address]"
    it is returning the ip address of my website and not my SM address.

     

    Any other Ideas?

     

  • 03-08-2007 11:03 AM In reply to

    Re: How do I stop anyone from sending email.

    Reply Contact
    A mail server will always accept mail for anyone hosted on the server, regardless of who is sending.  This is not a Relay, and instead a local delivery.
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