Re: [cobalt-users] Pop before SMTP - I've had enough.

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 29 March 2002 07:14 pm, Benedict wrote:
> Quoting Paul Jacobs <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Are you using "APOP" or just passwords when you check your pop3 email?
>
> Another one that does not get it. Again:
> Guy from somewhere sends an email to address on cobalt-machine's
> mailserver, mailserver sends back the forementioned error about relaying
> and checking their mail. There is NO, I repeat, NO relaying involved here.
> The sender of the email uses his ISP's SMTP to send it to
> the Cobalt's domain's emailaddress, not using any relaying
> capability of the cobalt on the other end.
> This is what makes the error so strange;
> This error-warning should NOT be going to the sender of the email,
> not even when his mail apparently bounced back.


What does the /var/log/maillog read about this error?
Can you post an explicit example?


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