On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Can I respectfully request that this feature be reenabled by default ?
I could put
percent_hack_domains=*
into the default configuration, possibly commented out, but it will
bring it to the admin's attention. I don't want to change the code,
because I don't like the idea of Exim behaving differently for
# no mention of percent_hack_domains in the config file
and
percent_hack_domains=""
> Spam relaying doesn't really matter too much if you have good logs and
> put lots of stuff in the Received lines.
You haven't heard about the latest attacks then? A program called
"upyours" was distributed (on some magazine, I gather); it connects to
an innocent SMTP port and pours 1000s of relay messages through it. For
nearly a week it crippled some systems in Cape Town that were running
Exim until they got the anti-relay code running and could lock out the
senders.
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