Re: [cobalt-users] SMTP problems - HELP!

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 6/27/00 11:54 AM, MistaAviB@xxxxxxx at MistaAviB@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Goto the domain.com/admin
> Control Panel
> Email Parameters
> under Relay for the following Hosts/Domains  put in teh following:
> net
> org
> com
> uk
> gov
> mil
> etc....

This is a good way to get your server blacklisted.  The relaying is turned
off so that people can't use your server to send SPAM with.  But adding all
the TLD's you are essentially letting everyone send mail with your
server--and other admins will hold you accountable--eventually much of the
mail sent from that machine will get sent to /dev/null.  Which is a bad
thing.

SMTP, btw, is generally considered to be the responsibility of the user's
ISP or the user themselves.

I.e. if they are using Earthlink for internet access but hosting mail on
your server, you only need to offer POP/IMAP and Earthlink does the SMTP.


-k