At 01:58 PM 1/27/98 +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Bruce Bowler wrote:
>
>> I just this morning switched on Exim on our main mail server.
>> My configuration file is essentially an "out of the box" file with the only
>> modifications being those related to my mail servers nodenames and to set
>> locally_caseless to false.
>
>The out of the box configuration locks out mail relaying, because so
>many idiots out there are abusing any machine they can find which is
>open to all relaying. Note the setting
>
>sender_host_reject_relay = *
>
>> So, how do I make it work so that anyone with an IP address in my class C
>> can send using our mail server? Will
>>
>> sender_net_accept_relay 198.116.72.0/24
>>
>> do the trick?
>
>Yes, provided you remove
>
>sender_host_reject_relay = *
>
>as well, since rejects override accepts.
And I guess the next logical question is will the above (add the
sender_net_accept_relay and remove the sender_host_reject_relay) still
prevent others from using me as a relay? I assume so but just want to verify.
Bruce
Bruce Bowler, Research Associate 207.633.9600 (voice)
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences 207.633.9641 (fax)
PO Box 475 BBowler@??? (email)
West Boothbay Harbor ME 04575 http://www.bigelow.org/
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