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

[Glenn Parsons <gparsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:04 PM 5/13/2004, you wrote:
> 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

There is also a way to read the popip.db file, but I forgot how. You POP 
the server, then check to see if your IP actually shows up in the popip.db.

Someone know how to reveal that data?

Glenn 



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