[luau] Blocking mail relayers

Mike Ballon calzonie at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 24 17:43:00 PDT 2002


I use this test all the time:

http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erich S." <sharky at websharx.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: [luau] Blocking mail relayers


> Hiya,
>
> Still getting used to my new RH 7.3 setup, and was wondering about some
> logwatch entries I've been getting.
>
> I see entries in logwatch showing a lot of mail for unknown users. They
> have what appear to be random names with my domain attached to the end.
> There was a whole slew of them all generated by this IP:
>
> relay=rlkal1a009.comtech-data.se [194.198.208.9] (may be forged)
>
> How can I be sure I'm not relaying for this scumball? How can I just block
> him completely?
>
> Are there any good test tools out there for making sure I'm not letting
> any scum get through?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Erich
>
>
>
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