Re: [cobalt-users] SMTP relays no matter what!

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 8 May 2001, [iso-8859-1] Carrie-Anne Ballard wrote:

> Hi Guys
> 
> I have been using POP3 email on my RaQ4 for some time
> now without any problems. I usually send email through
> my local ISP's SMTP, but their email server went down
> for a few hours this morning - a good chance to try
> out my own SMTP server...
> 
> So I changed the SMTP to my own domain and sent an
> email (before POPing just to check), and was surprised
> to see it go through. I have tried all combinations of
> settings (and my dialup IP/domain name definitely
> isn't in the 'relay for the following hosts' field in
> the GUI) and it looks as if my SMTP is wide open. I
> have tried telnetting (after enabling telnet
> temporarily) to port 25 and can connect and send

You didn't have to enable telnet to do that ;)

> anything I like straight from the server (and I
> shouldn't be able to should if?). Lastly (and
> bizzarly), I ssh-ed to my RaQ and did a tail -f
> /var/log/maillog, then sent a message... and nothing
> (beyond normal activity of other messages being
> delivered to my mailboxes) - it does not show up at
> all (it should, shouldn't it?!) even though the

Yes, if you are talking to the mail server you think you are, there are 2
reasons why you might not be tho, stopping mail services and trying again
will confirm if you are talking to your own server, The otherpossability
is your ISP is actually implimenting port 25 filtering and relayed the
mail for you without you being able to see it....which also might be why
their mail server happened to 'break'...

Also, try telnet from inside the machine after sshing to it, and see if
that logs....

gsh