Depends on your exim and patches;
on mine:
host_accept_relay = localhost : 192.168.0.0/16 : [2001:470:1f00:368::]/64 :
*.aol.com
or on others:
host_accept_relay = localhost : 192.168.0.* : 2001::470::1f00::368::::0/64 :
*.aol.com
And, note, this is for people who receive on YOUR network, and send FROM your
network. So, unless you're setting up an AOL exchanger, do NOT put *.aol.com
in your config, rather, put *.nepasolutions.com or somesuch instead.
On Friday 18 October 2002 18:48, you wrote:
[] Relaying is what SMTP essentially does. (Work with me for a second
[] people...) And Joe there wants to send an email. It's coming from his
[] computer on some external network I imagine, and going out to some other
[] completely different network through YOUR server. At least, it's trying
to. [] If he could do it, what's to stop Rob at AOL, who isn't a client on
your [] server, from doing the same?
[]
[] In a nutshell, you need to either select hosts you want to 'relay for'
beit [] other SMTP servers, incoming areas, or clients such as Joe there
trying to [] send an email to his mom@???. Exim should at least
recognize one [] end
[] of the From: To: as relating, either by the host sending or receiving, or
by [] the user@domain sending or receiving.
[]
[] So, there's two methods.
[] Either by <IP || [[host[.domain.tlc]>, or user[@[host.]domain.tlc];
[]
[] a> You can allow his IP, his IP block, his host, his domain, etc through
[] b> You can allow anybody with an email account on your email server to
send [] to anybody, and likewise receive from anywhere.
[]
[] The B option severely suggests you use some form of SMTP authorization,
[] otherwise anybody would be able to send emails to anybody through your
[] server
[] assuming the identity of any username on your server, and Exim would
[] otherwise gladly relay the email and put you in the doghouse for everybody
[] who's pestered. This method is *constantly* used by various Outlook
viruses [] to migrate between networks whilst covering it's tracks.
(Malicious) []
[] Anyway, I hope that clears things up for you.
[]
[] On Friday 18 October 2002 17:34, you wrote:
[] [] I have a client who can recieve but not send email. he gets an error
[] [] "Unknow error has occurred. no error number" when trying to send email.
[] [] my rejectlog reads
[] []
[] [] refused relay (host) to <some@???> from <client@???>
[] [] H=188.philadelphia-23-24rs.pa.dial-access.att.net (jre) [12.90.9.188]
[] []
[] []
[] [] what in the world does that mean? the client was only trying to reply
to [] [] an email. why is it trying to relay it?
[] []
[] [] Tony VanScoy
[] [] Systems Administrator
[] [] Certified Solutions Inc.
[] [] 1205 Scott Street / Wilkes Barre, PA 18705
[] [] (570) 822-0789 /
www.certifiedsolutionsinc.net
[] []
[] []
[]
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[]
[] How do i allow his IP, his IP block, his host, his domain, etc through?
Im [] sure this is in the mailing list somewhere so i wont mind looking it
up. [] should i search for domain relaying?
[]
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