Re: [cobalt-users] Email Relay Bug (?) (WAS: Removing the POP before SMTP pkg)

[Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Now, the strange thing is this behaviour:
> When I send an email to afriend@xxxxxxxxxxx (inrussia.ru is NOT hosted on my server), I get the "Relaying denied" error. If I add
> "inrussia.ru" OR "ru" to my relay list, the mail can be sent without any problems, although my IP address (that I get from my ISP
> everytime I dial-in) is NOT listed. 

Don't add domains or networks that aren't local to the server when you
can use POP-before-SMTP relaying.

> Shouldn't the Relay list *only* relay email FROM hosts whom's IP addresses
> are listed in the Relay field?

The Email Parameters menu titles and help text are written to imply
this, but adding a host or domain to the relay list does enable two-way
relaying.  If the mail client is listed in the relay list, that sender
can mail anybody at any domain.  Any mail client can relay mail to any
domain listed in the "relay from" field. 

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.


	-- Will

> Thanks for any clues! :-)
> 
> Fathi