Re: Open Relay for Exchange 5.5

From: BigDog (bigdogg33_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:09:22 -0500

I think that policy is in place on the watch guard firewall. But then again
I'm not a firewall expert. I'm just trying to shut this off at the
application level which you should be able to do. If I uncheck that box
will any body be able to authenticate to the server?

Thanks,

BiG

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:b60301c3ecd8$f46cfbe0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I don't have anything checked under the routing tab except
> for the reroute and then our domain.
> If you have a firewall, you should put a SMTP security
> server policy on it, only allowing messages meant for your
> domain to come in.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Please read below for this same question I posted
> previuosly? The only box
> >I have checked is "Hosts and Client that succesfully
> authenticate". And I
> >rebooted the server. Now the problem is I can still
> relay off of the
> >server. What else can I do to shut off relay for this
> mail server? You can
> >see the spammers in the queue!! Please if anyone has any
> links or knowledge
> >to shut down this relay problem please let me know??
> >
> >Thanks,
> >BiG
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >How do you shut off open relay? This is for exchange
> server 5.5. SP4. I
> >found this article.
> >
> >http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/exchange55-antirelay.html
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >BiG
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >As to that web site - unless you have a specific reason
> to add IPs such as
> >Unix boxes or some such which can't authenticate, I would
> leave this area
> >blank - authentication is the key. Be sure to restart the
> IMS after making
> >changes.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >SusanV
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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