[Empeg-general] Re: Open Relay (was BAEUG Mailing List)

[Roger Lipscombe]

> having something called an "open relay",

Tony, most email servers (in the old days - i.e. sendmail) would allow anyone to connect from anywhere, and submit email for anywhere - not just locally.

These are "open relays".  This is bad - it allows spamming on a grand scale, since the originating source of the email can't be easily tracked.

Most mail servers (including sendmail in the default configuration now, I think) are "closed relays".  They'll only accept email destined for their own domain, or, if they're smarthosting, from their own domain.

This makes spam harder to create, and easier to track.

This message usually means that your email provider is running an "open relay", and therefore, can't be trusted.  You'll need to have a chat with your email provider to get them to stop.

Like it says, more information is available on the Orbs site.



_Roger_ - not necessarily speaking for empeg