If its up and not behind a firewall it matters. Though granted it will not
necessarily get him black listed but it could get his isp blacklisted. This
type of stuff is exactly what the long discussion about blocking dialups was
caused by.
Davidm
Quoting Eric Dahnke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> If his machine is on a home network behind a dial-up conection what the
> hell does it matter.
>
> - eric
>
> >
> >DO NOT do this, you will get blacklisted in one qucik hurry.
> >
> >
> >Quoting Eric Dahnke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >> Remove the file rcpthosts from /var/qmail/control
> >>
> >> Qmail will then accept mail destined for whereever.
> >>
> >> Tah - eric
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >It's late and I'm probably being silly, but......
> >> >
> >> >I have qmail running on my Linux system at home, this has a dial-up
> >> >connection to my ISP. It sends and receives mail quite happily from
> >> >the Linux system. It also allows other users on the home network to
> >> >receive mail using POP3 from the qmail POP3 server on the Linux box.
> >> >
> >> >BUT, how are users on other oomputers on the home ntwork meant to
> send
> >> >mail? They connect to the qmail SMTP server, try and send mail and
> it
> >> >says:-
> >> >
> >> >553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts
> (#5.7.1)
> >> >
> >> >So how is it supposed to work? How can other computers on my SoHO
> >> >network send mail???? Help????
> >> >
> >> >Maybe I've just had too much to drink tonight!
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> >> > WWW: http://www.isbd.co.uk/
> >>
> >>
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