On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Andy Drexler wrote:

> Bill -
>
> Thanks for the typically super-explicit instructions. Everything went
> as expected - the server continues to serve mail. Whew!
>
> However, I re-ran the tests from http://spamlart.homeunix.org and got
> the same results (although they do have a caveat that qmail might
> produce "false positives". I also re-ran the relay test from www.abuse
> net and passed all the tests except one:
>
> "Relay test 6
>
>  >>> RSET
>   <<< 250 flushed
>   >>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   <<< 250 ok
>   >>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   <<< 250 ok
>   >>> DATA
>   <<< 354 go ahead
>   >>> (message body)
>   <<< 250 ok 1064604415 qp 28830
>
>
> Relay test result
>   Hmmn, at first glance, host appeared to accept a message for relay."
>
> is this something I should be concerned about?
>
> Thanks again for tremendous help!!
>
> Andy
>


Hi Andy,

many 'abuse-test' are weak designed, and bring false positives with Qmail

Take a look to:
http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/maps-relay-test-is-wrong.html

regards

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Abel Lucano
DECODE SA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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