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Re: mail relay
- To: Tal Amir <tal(at-nospam)whatsup.co.il>
- Subject: Re: mail relay
- From: Henry Ficher <ficher(at-nospam)netvision.net.il>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:45:18 +0200
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Tal Amir wrote:
> hi list,
>
> i guess this would be a dumb question, but how do you make a sendmail
> stop relaying for outside users ? my mail-server is being used by outside
> and unknown users, which overload the system and the bandwidth.
>
> could someone point me to the configuration file ? i could not find
> anything in /etc/sendmail.cf
>
> thanks.
What version of Sendmail you're using? As of Sendmail 8.9, relaying is
disabled by default, so if your version is older than that you should
upgrade immediately.
Take a look at http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html for more info.
Cheers,
Henry
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