Sendmail 8.11.1 and relaying...

[Mark Hoensheid_2]

Hello to all:

I just upgraded our Sendmail from 8.8.6 to the 8.11.1 special release. It seems to work OK after building the new .cf file but I tested it for relaying and it appears to be open relay :-( I though this release would eliminate this as a default? Any tips on how to stop the open relay would be much appreciated?

Thanks!

[someone_4]

Just wondering what website are you going to or how are you testing your relay?

Richard

[Craig Rants]

Yes, how are you testing?

I would:

telnet mailserver.com 25

helo domain.com

mail from:joe@aol.com

rcpt to:bob@yahoo.com

if you are denied, then you are not an open relay.

Let us know,
C

[Mark Hoensheid_2]

Richard,

I have been talking to a fellow at the RSS site. After finding out our server was listed with them as an open relay, we upgraded right away to the 8.11.1 with no success.

[someone_4]

Awww .. the good ole denied syndrome .. been there done that .. I am still running 8.8.6 and managed to add some rulesets to get un denied. I tried to upgrade to sendmail 8.9.3 and even 8.11 .. but it didnt work because we are running ldap and we need to upgrade ldap before we upgrade sendmail and right now I cant upgrade ldap. UGG its a nightmare. But I closed off my relay with no problem ..But now earthlinx found a hole =( I deny everyway but one .. and now I am totaly blocked from sending thoose fools email. I am working on a solultiuon for that too .. without having to upgrade... this may be a tough one though .. In case you are wondering here is the rule changes that I made to 8.8.6 to stop the "big" relay problem.

Scheck_rcpt
# first: get client addr
R$+ $: $(dequote "" $&{client_addr} $) $| $1
R0 $| $* $@ ok no client addr: directly invoked
R$={LocalIP}$* $| $* $@ ok from here
# not local, check rcpt
R$* $| $* $: $>3 $2
# remove local part, maybe repeatedly
R$+ $:$>removelocal $1
# still something left?
R$*<@$+>$* $#error $@ 5.7.1 $: 550 we do not relay

Sremovelocal
# remove RelayTo part (maybe repeatedly)
R$*<@$*$={RelayTo}.>$* $>3 $1 $4
R$*<@$=w.>$* $: $>removelocal $>3 $1 $3
R$*<@$*>$* $@ $1<@$2>$3
# dequote local part
R$- $: $>3 $(dequote $1 $)
R$*<@$*>$* $: $>removelocal $1<@$2>$3


Richard

[alman]

Hi Guys , I found my email server is an open relay can anyone out there can help to close the relay.

Cuurently I am running sendmail 8.10.2 , can anyone tell me how to resolve this problem without upgrading the sendmail.