Re: [exim] How can I tell if my server is getting bombarded …

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Author: Marcin Owsiany
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] How can I tell if my server is getting bombarded with spam?
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 01:50:52PM -0600, Tommy Butler wrote:
> Marcin Owsiany wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:42:36PM -0600, Tommy Butler wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I found these lines in my config at different places:
> >>
> >>line 28:     line hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : ::::1 :
> >>line 123:   accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts
> >>line 131:   hosts = +relay_from_hosts

> >>
> >>Those aren't bad are they? It seems that i have it set up to only relay
> >>mail for my own server... right?
> >
> >Right, unless you have something like a stunnel listening on SSMTP port
> >and forwarding to localhost:25
> >
> >
> I don't get it. What do you mean when you say "right"? Are you saying
> "right, it is bad", or are you saying "right, it's ok".


I say "right, it seems that you have it set up to only relay mail for
your own server". But on the second thought, it's not that simple. Exim
ACL mechanism is very flexible (some say Turing-complete :), so looking
at just three lines isn't enough.

Marcin
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