We need a new subject- bug fixes
Steve Searle
steve at stevesearle.com
Tue Mar 6 15:32:31 UTC 2007
Around 01:51pm on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (UK time), Timothy Murphy scrawled:
> Tim wrote:
>
> I just started trying this last week, more as "proof of concept"
> than a serious matter.
> I found changing sendmail.mc fairly simple.
> In addition to commenting out the line that was mentioned,
> I also commented in the LOCAL_DOMAIN line (with appropriate domain);
> I'm not sure if that is actually necessary?
>
> I've been warned that what I did was very dangerous,
> so I'll probably close it down,
> unless I find a simple way to stop it being an "open relay".
Tim, I have documented my configuration here:
http://www.stevesearle.com/tech/fed.core4.svr.html#sendmail and it is
not an open relay.
There are various sites that will check if you have an open relay,
just google for them.
> Incidentally, I also had to open a peephole in my ADSL modem,
> and add a rule to shorewall to allow email in.
Yes you would have to do this - assuming you meant port forwarding by
"open a peephole".
Steve
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