RE: Relaying

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:39:31 -0800

Even if it could be configured to do that (which it can not) that would mean
absolutely nothing. I can easily say the message that I send is FROM you.

It is called forging the from address. EXTREMELY common among SPAM.

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Herrera [mailto:sherrera@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 11:27 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Relaying
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> I had Relaying not allowed on my Exchange 2k Server and this broke one of
> our web apps that sends out email invitations to meetings hosted by our
> web server.  I put to allow relaying from that web server in my SMTP
> connector. Now the invitations can go out but I was wondering if there is
> a way to restrict it so that I can only go out if they have our domain in
> them. In other words only relay from that server if it has *@mycompany.com
> as the email address. As it stands right now any domain from that server
> can relay email out.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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