Hi there all,
My Name is Oden and I'm new to this list and a Linux newbie, but
I'm very enthusiastic!.
I have run a small web hotel (more of a "private" solution) for
months now using Linux Mandrake v5.3 (RedHat v5.2 + KDE v1.1)
+ Summersoft's "qmail-1.03-7.src.rpm" + "qmail-imap-4.5.beta-
2.src.rpm". Everything's running just fine but... I have an open
relay... I got a e-mail from "The Open Relay Behaviour-modification
System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" telling me someone may have used
my server for spamming or something... My server was added to
the "ORBS database" (what in the hell ever that is...).
I've seen many posts about the Open Relay thing, but I guess I'm
just too stupid to understand... I just cannot figure out a way to let
my users use the smtp server without beeing an "open relay".
My users are all having dial up connections with dynamic ip
addresses. I have no dial in feature.
The solutions I've seen so far on this list (and in the archive) is
either _very_ complex or they won't cut it in the long run. What to
do ?
Why can't it just be like the pop thing..., you are required to pass a
password to access the thing...
I have tried using the rcpthosts file but soon realized that I had to
add every damn domain my users would send an e-mail to, to this
file. This I will _never_ do..., it's too much work.
I guess my problem is that I'm not native speaking English. This
added to the fact I'm a Linux newbie and a _non_ coder makes it
_very_ hard to understand those short and cryptic man pages. The
help pages and howto's I've seen on the net isn't any better either...
I switched from the standard "Sendmail" package to "qmail"
because I thought it would be easier to understand, administer and
maintain...
Also I'm awaiting the new O'Reilly book about qmail... when will it
be finished ? I set my hopes to this book, I hope it will enlighten
me and others.
Well, this became a long post..., I hope someone in the same
situation as me could help me. Preferrably a Swedish person :)
BTW. I'm very impressed that some people seem to have 30000+ e-
mail users on their standard Linux boxes, very impressive!.
Thanks in advance
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Kindest Regards//Oden L. Eriksson CNE+MCSE
UIN: 952113
