Re: [cobalt-users] Relaying denied after blacklist setup

[phoenix hawk <phawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dude,

get into the system as root,
cd /var/log
and do a
tail -f maillog

repeat the steps below, copy/paste the messages that
appear when you attempt to send a mail again. let's
see some real error messages.

(ps: press control-c to break out of tail -f maillog)

regards.

Mark Jaggers wrote:

> I tried that and it still did not work.  If I check email first and then
> send I still get
>
> Relaying denied. IP name lookup failed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SM
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:03 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Relaying denied after blacklist setup
>
> Hi Mark,
> At 06:13 13-05-2004, Mark Jaggers wrote:
>
> > I just recently setup some blacklists on the Raq4 following directions from
> > http://www.nuonce.net/cobalt-smtp-blackhole.php
> >
> > It seems to work except that if I have " POP Before SMTP Relaying" turned
>
> on
>
> > then we get the relaying denied error when we try to send an email.  If I
> > turn it off then it works fine.  Anyone have any ideas?  If I leave this
> > turned off doesn't it leave us open for being used as a relay?
>
>
> Are you sure that "POP before SMTP relaying" is turned on?  The UI may be 
> displaying the wrong state.  You can do a test to find out.
>
> 1. Connect from a dynamic IP address send an email using your server for
> SMTP.
>
> 2. If you see an error, check mail, then send the email again
>
> If the above works, it means that you have "POP before SMTP relaying" 
> enabled even if the UI says that it is off.
>
> Enabling or disabling "POP before SMTP relaying" does not make a server 
> become an open relay.  Your server is an open relay if it accepts mail from 
> anyone.
>
> Regards,
> -sm 
>
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