On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Ring, John C wrote:
> I'm having a bit of trouble stamping out relaying. I'm using Exim
> version 1.73 #1 built 12-Dec-1997 09:13:38.
Note that 1.80 was released on December 9th.
> When I first tested my configuration, all appeared well with my tests.
> However, it appears someone's found a trick for Exim, at least with my
> current config, to relay email. Apparently, simply putting
>
> TO: --.--@switch.com
>
> after the DATA statement is causing Exim to actually send messages with
> non-local RCPT TO addresses.
That seems odd, since it checks out (and responds to) the incoming RCPT
TO before it ever sees the DATA statement. Consequently, I think there
is something else going on here.
> The relevant lines, I think, from our Exim
> configure file is:
>
> LOCAL_NETS = <list of local networks, firewall network excluded>
> relay_domains = *switch.com
> sender_net_accept_relay = LOCAL_NETS
>
> Note that the Exim machine sits behind a firewall with will accept any
> message, but will simply forward it to the Exim machine for actual
> sending.
What addresses are getting through? Have you got copies of the headers
of any of these messages?
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