SMTP server vs open relay
"Brad White" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.geeks |
|---|---|
| Organization | SpamCop |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I sometimes use an external e-mail account besides my company account to help keep mail sorted. Our local SMTP server locked up and had to be rebooted. As a result (don't ask, long confusing story) my IT admin had me install IIS and setup a local SMTP server on my local machine. To get it to work, I had to turn on relaying. Now I can send and receive e-mail and everything seems to be working fine. Now I'm being accused of being a problem because I have relaying turned on. I have it set to only allow mail from my IP, so I think that I'm safe. Now I just need to prove it. A tech from my e-mail provider tried to relay something through my SMTP server and couldn't even see it, so he thinks I'm safe, but I'd like something more athoritative that I could show the admin to calm him down. How do I prove that this SMTP server can't be used as an open relay? -- Thanks, Brad.