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

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Re: How can I tell if my server is getting bombarded with spam?
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:14:29 -0600, Tommy Butler <tommy@???>
wrote:
>Marc Haber wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:55:44 -0600, Tommy Butler <tommy@???>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Wakko Warner wrote:
>>>
>>>>You have in your config somewhere:
>>>>domainlist relay_to_domains = *
>>>
>>>Yes I do; it's the only way I can get the server to send anything.
>>
>> No, it is not. Which other ways did you try?
>
>I tried the following:
>domainlist relay_to_domains = *
>#domainlist relay_to_domains = *
>domainlist relay_to_domains =
>domainlist relay_to_domains = localhost
>domainlist relay_to_domains = cityairlines.net
>
>none of which worked.


Re-read the debconf question. Relay_to_domains controls which domains
you accept mail for. Outgoing mail needs to be controlled by some
other means. _That_ one is actually the same as it was with sendmail.

>>>I'm not using the split config. I'm using the configuration files that were
>>>installed by debian.
>>
>> Which is the split config in /etc/exim4/conf.d, or a monolithic file
>> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template.
>
>I'm not sure I understand what you are saying there, but to use the split
>config, you edit your update-exim4.conf.conf file so that the line
>"dc_use_split_config='false'" becomes "dc_use_split_config='true'"


I am pretty well aware of that mechanism.

># /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
>#
># Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
># yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
>
>dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
>dc_other_hostnames='cityairlines.net:casino-airlines.com:casinoairlines.net'
>dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1:206.123.72.157'
>dc_readhost=''
>dc_relay_domains=''
>dc_minimaldns='false'
>dc_relay_nets=''
>dc_smarthost=''
>CFILEMODE='644'
>dc_use_split_config='false'
>dc_hide_mailname=''


After a successful update-exim4.conf, you shouldn't be an open relay
with that config.

>> Did you change the appropriate value in
>> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and re-run update-exim4.conf (which
>> is automatically done by the init script when starting or reloading
>> exim)?
>
>Yes, I did.


And update-exim4.conf didn't throw an error?

Greetings
Marc

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