DOH! Thanks for pointing my oversight out to me. You're right, the
firewall wasn't sending the mail to be relayed in to the Exim box; it's
sending it out again itself.
Have I mentioned that I'm not having fun today :(
Thanks for the input.
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Microsoft vs. the US government: Sometimes, two wrongs --can-- make a
right!
John C. Ring, Jr.
jcring@???
Network Specialist II
Union Switch & Signal Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Hazel [SMTP:ph10@???]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 1997 11:50 AM
> To: Ring, John C
> Cc: Exim User's List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: FW: [EXIM] Spam relay fighting, help!
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Ring, John C wrote:
>
> > Yes, here's a message forwarded to me.
>
> Do you really mean "forwarded"? Forwarding is not relaying. Also, I
> see
> no mention of Exim in these headers...
>
[Ring, John C] I meant one of the people sending me many
complaints forwarded the message to me.
> > Return-Path: <aP6LQU3vV@???>
> > Received: from bulwark.switch.com (bulwark.switch.com
> [206.181.77.34])
> > by camel9.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA26132
> > for <eguy@???>; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 03:16:34 -0500 (EST)
> > From: aP6LQU3vV@???
> > Received: by bulwark.switch.com; id DAA26334; Mon, 15 Dec 1997
> 03:13:04
> > -0500 (EST)
> > Received: from hdn94-005.hil.compuserve.com(206.175.101.5) by
> > bulwark.switch.com via smap (3.2)
> > id xmamf5431; Mon, 15 Dec 97 03:12:50 -0500
> > DATE: 15 Dec 97 3:15:52 AM
> > Reply-to: Style2000@???
> > Message-ID: <MV5Yl>
> > Received: From mailhost.aol.com(alt1.aol.com(151.5.18.21)) by
> > aol.com;Mon, 15 Dec 1997 3:15:52 -400 (EDT)
> > TO: --.--@switch.com
> > SUBJECT: Are You In Need Of A Lifestyle Change...?
>
> > > telnet mail1 25
> > > Trying 192.65.179.9...
> > > Connected to proxy2.switch.com.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > 220 mail-smtp.switch.com ESMTP Exim 1.73 #1 Mon, 15 Dec 1997
> 11:06:53
> > > -0500
> > > mail from: <jcring@???>
> > > 250 <jcring@???> is syntactically correct
> > > rcpt to: <exim-users@???>
> > > 550 relaying to <exim-users@???> prohibited by
> > > administrator ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > data |
> > > 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself |
> > > |
> > > Will this make it to the list? I wonder! |
> |
> No, it won't. See the prohibition-----------------------------
>
>
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