sendmail: open-relay
Peter Ulrich Kruppa
ulrich at pukruppa.net
Mon Jan 4 12:49:50 UTC 2010
Hi,
I am running my own small mail-server, i.e. I use my desktop pc for
sending and receiving my private mails.
That worked quite nicely the last years. From time to time I tested my
mail-server via abuse.net's mail-relay tester. - Never got any
positives.
Now suddenly I receive one:
This is a test of third-party mail relay, generated via the
Network Abuse Clearinghouse at http://www.abuse.net.
Target host = 213.146.114.24 pukruppa.net
Test performed by <ulrich at pukruppa.net> from 213.146.114.24
A well-configured mail server should NOT relay third-party
email.
Otherwise, the server is subject to abuse by vandals and
spammers,
and probable blacklisting by recipients of the unwanted
third-party
e-mail.
Of course I had some fun trying to read sendmail's documentation. But I
guess I need some help with this.
I am running FreeBSD -STABLE 8.0 amd64 .
I don't think I ever played around with sendmail's configuration. I just
use it as came out of the box.
Any ideas?
Uli.
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