RE: Network HELP PLEASE!!

["Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz indahaus com>]

At 10/26/2001 05:27 PM -0500, you wrote:
> >If it isn't listening, then you need to restart sendmail.
> >Did you try adding yourself to RELAY?
>
> Yes I added myself to the relay, is there a way to just set the relay open
> so I don't have to keep adding things to it?

After seeing the rest of the thread, I see you got your incoming mail 
working. Congratulations. Note: this is why you provide *lots* of detail 
when asking questions; everyone would have caught the comment with "#" in a 
second, sparing you a lot of grief.

As to relay, you DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT want to have an open relay. Sooner or 
later, you *will* get your system trashed by a spammer pushing 2,500,000 
messages through it or blackholed by a bunch of people for letting spammers 
use it.

Instead, use AUTH. With it you can send from anywhere on Earth since it 
uses your username and password to authenticate you before sending mail. 
Real users can send mail, no one else can. If you've already upgraded to 
8.11.6, I'm pretty sure that the three relevant lines are already in 
sendmail.mc (although I don't remember whether they were commented out).

If AUTH is already configured in sendmail, you can "telnet localhost 25" 
and, when sendmail answers, issue the command "ehlo localhost" (note "ehlo" 
spelling). You should get a list of lines as answers, an one of them will 
be "250-AUTH".

In order for it to *actually* work, you must also ensure that you have a 
file named smtp in your /etc/pam.d directory. If /etc/pam.d/smtp does not 
exist, simply copy the file for pop with "cp pop smtp" inside that directory.

Now, you tell your mail client that "My server requires authentication" for 
outgoing mail and you're good to go. No spam relay, total liberty to wander 
the world.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@indahaus.com