[cobalt-users] Re: FAQ: email relaying.

[Joe Kerns <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I notice the largest problem or most asked question is, "I can receive or
> send mail from domain blar.com....."  usually this is because they havent
> set up the address in the relay field...

this isn't correct at all. The relay field does not ALLOW blar.com to send email TO the box, it allows
blar.com to send mail THROUGH the box.  BLOCKING a host will keep you from receiving mail from that host, but
relaying blar.com allows somespammer@xxxxxxxx to use your SMTP to further complicate their spamming efforts
for the "anti bulk email terrorists".  (I got a spam with that terminology, I wanna know how I get on the
"anti bulk email terrorists" list)

> the big isssue is most people dont want to block potential email that they
> will receive...but they dont want to be open for attacks either...

see above. This is a GCE, gross conceptual error. Adding somedomain.com to the relay field does not enable
that domain to send mail to the box.

> doh...now we have a catch22

nope, we have a GCE, not a catch22.  Please don't send out information like this. Some poor person is going to
read it and think it's true and open their box as a relay to AOL...yikes!

Joe