Duhh
Shoot me... it's Friday after all.
Yes, I can't relay from outside my IP range, but using nessus via an ssh
tunnel will of course let me relay as I am inside my net then.
Sigh..
Thanks ..off to be stupid over lunch now
Andy
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 12:01:45PM +0100, snurt@???
> wrote:
>> My relay config section is:
>> relay_domains > host_accept_relay = localhost : XX.XX.XX.XX :
>> XX.XX.XX.XX no_relay_domains_include_local_mx
>> no_relay_match_host_or_sender
>>
>> Where XX's relate to my external IP's
>>
>> Have I missed something glaringly obvious in the documentation ?
>>
>> Thanks for any info..pointers or telling me that I need glasses and
>> to
>> read the faq :)
>
> My suggestion would be to simulate the nessus test using "exim -bh" and
> read the messages to try and figure out why relaying was allowed.
>
> sth like
>
> exim -d -bh 1.2.3.4
> EHLO testhost.example.com
> MAIL FROM:<>
> RCPT TO:<not-local@???>
>
> You didn't run nessus from one of the IPs listed in host_accept_relay,
> I hope...
>
> SRH
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> araqnid@??? almost called it today, turned to face the
> void, numb with the suffering and the question- "Why am I?"
> [queensrÿche]
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