Re: [exim] exim telnet problem

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim telnet problem
vovaNux <vovanus@???> (Di 28 Nov 2006 11:14:36 CET):
>
> Here comes the problem: I am able to send e-mails from my server without
> entering login and password via telnet. telnet mail.mydomain.com 25 mail
> from: not_exists@??? rcpt to: another_mail@??? data
> . This allows anybody to send mails from my server. I need an urgent
> solution on how to prevent this!!!


The standard example configuration should prevent this.
Look for example.conf.gz and install it as exim.conf (or if you're using
Debian, as exim4.conf) and restart the exim process.

If you're done you may go through the config and enable exactly that
what you want...

    Best regards from Dresden
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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