Re: [Exim] heavy load - being an open relay?

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Author: Daniel W.
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] heavy load - being an open relay?
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hello again! thanks for your fast responses!

I'm not running any mail script. actually my cgi-bin dir is empty.
but you are right. apache IS running as nobody. but I can't see a way
it could affect these spam mail bounces (what is a bounce? a mail
which was rejected by the target's isp mta? see below).

output of "telnet relay-test.mail-abuse.org" attached.

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Tested host banner: 220 ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:50:29 +0200
System appeared to reject relay attempts
Connection closed by foreign host.
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so I'm not relaying mails and my mta cannot be abused by anyone?

one of the mails my local user "epico" gets:
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Envelope-to: nobody@???
Delivery-date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:55:59 +0200
From: spamadmin@???
To: nobody@???
Subject: Mail delivery failure

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Sent >>> RCPT TO: <rock@???>
Received <<< 550 5.1.1 <rock@???>... User unknown

Could not deliver mail to this user.
rock@???
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From: "Money News" <marthaxbf@???>
To: "Investment Group" <0439@???>
Subject: ------> URGENT BUY RECOMMENDATION <-------

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I wonder why my local user "epico" receives mail since it's sent to
nobody@???. and I have to alter some settings because up to
now I cannot send mail. FROM:<epico@>: host mx0.gmx.de
[213.165.64.100]: 550 {mx028-rz3} Cannot resolve your domain

quite obvious :)

-Daniel
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