Re: SMTP relay problem

[Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@trolltech.com>]

Simon Brock <shb@widearea.co.uk>
> I don't understand why this is not a problem.  The trouble is that 
> the script at mail-abuse.org checks it and marks a mailer which 
> accepts it as an open relay.   From there, it reaches the MAPS RSS 
> and mail stops getting delivered to other sites.

It's accepted by the Zmailer SMTP server, but the router can't find
that local address, so the mail is bounced.

> Now if this is not a problem, how do we get zmailer installations 
> which are listed as open relays off MAPS RSS?

The MAPS RSS doesn't list anyone just because the SMTP reply code says
the address is okay, only if the mail is actually delivered.

--Arnt