Search Again: Re: DNSexpert and open relays.... From: Jerry Pasker Date: Saturday, July 1, 2000 Time: 3:15:26 pm >One of my clients tells me that DNSExpert always reports his primary >mail server as an open relay even though he has it bolted down >tighter then Fort Knox. I've tried to send mail through it as if I >were not trusted, and can't. So I'm wondering if DNSExpert is >reporting this because the machine the is running dnsexpert is in the >"client IP list" or is it because dnsExpert is doing some checking >that the MTA (SIMS) doesn't protect against. > >thanks,___Joe___ I think your first assumption is correct. Chris will correct me if I'm wrong. I have the same "non-problem" with DNS Expert and SIMS. Since the machine I run DNS expert is in the client list, it will reply for DNS expert. I removed my machine's single IP from the client IP list, re-ran DNS expert, and the "non-problem" went away. I've sence removed that check from the list of things that DNS Expert performs. I like to see a long list of green check marks when I run it. I'm fairly confident that if my SMTP ever gets opened up to relay (after an upgrade for example) A spammer will find it, and I'll be alerted about it soon enough anyway..... :-( If that ever happens, I'd deserve every flame e-mail I'd get.

Messages In This Thread: DNSexpert and open relays.... by Joseph D''Andrea on Jul 1, 2000 at 9:26:23 am Re: DNSexpert and open relays.... by Jerry Pasker on Jul 1, 2000 at 3:15:26 pm Re: DNSexpert and open relays.... by Men & Mice Support on Jul 2, 2000 at 1:23:04 am