RE: [cobalt-users] Domain of sender address does not exist?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I got it working!  I went to Network Services - Email - 
> Advanced and added "yahoo.com" to the "Relay Email From 
> Hosts/Domains/IP Addresses (optional)". 
> then it would accept Email coming in from yahoo...  But I 
> thought that was just for sending mail out from the server 
> not accepting mail in?  What is odd is that I have gotten 
> other external email for erols.com today that was not on the 
> above list.  Perhaps Yahoo and AOL have some odd protocol to 
> help fight spam...  Or, perhaps the new kernel update did 
> something?  Perhaps domains on the list simply are not 
> checked....  No at all sure 0:-p

Perhaps the IP you're using for DNS is flaky.

> 
> Is there any way to add every domain or IP on earth to the 
> "Relay Email From Hosts/Domains/IP Addresses (optional)" box? 

IIRC, you'll become an open spam relay as you may be now for anyone who
puts @yahoo.com in their email sent to anyone with your server as the
SMTP.

-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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