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

[Kul <Webmaster@xxxxxxx>]

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
> 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
> message gets delivered to another (independent) email
> address. One more bit of info: ps shows that only one
> instance of sendmail is running.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do next so
> that I can track this down? I would be most grateful
> for suggestions.
>
> Regards
> CAB
>

Hi,

If you were sending mail internal to you server (to one of you customer accounts), then this is a compltly valid and REQUIRED service, which you can't stop (unless you dont accept mail from anyone)  :)

--
Regards,
Kul
Kul's Free Scripts/Recipies: http://freebies.omega-isp.com/