On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 11:22:28AM -0400, Dave C. wrote:
> > > Ok I am think verify_recip will fix this.. but my box will accept
> > > user%domain.com@??? but will bounce mail... I got a nasty complaint
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > > from someone that bitched me out because he thinks my server is an open
> > > relay because it accepted the mail for delivery.. So should I turn on
> > > verify_recip or not? or just reject the mail. I need some opinions on this
> > > one.
> >
> > So yes, you want to turn that off, otherwise you are indeed an open relay
> > and Orbs will list you as soon as they find out, and if your site actually
> > gets abused and people complain, MAPS will list you too.
>
> He's not an open relay unless the mail actually gets delivered to the
> address referred to by user%domain.com (Assuming that 'domain2.com' is
> a local_domain for his host). It is perfectcly acceptable to accept
> such mail, and then have it choke inside ones server ;) Of course, from
> the point of view of the server admin, it is much nicer to reject it at
> SMTP-time instead..
You are completely right, I didn't read carefully enough the part that said
that the mail was rejected afterwards :-)
Marc
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