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Authored by: aisikl on Jul 28, '02 03:34:06PM

you don't necessarily need open relay test sites -- just telnet into your own mailserver on port 25 and try to send a mail from a domain that is not your own own to a domain that is not your own -- if the mail is sent, your server is open relay, if it's not send, you have nothing to worry about --



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Authored by: CaptCosmic on Jul 29, '02 11:12:56AM

The reason to use an open relay test site, though, is that they know all the valid, but obscure ways to form e-mail addresses. I believe Abuse.Net has like 17 different tests where they use obscure forms of e-mail addresses to try to get the server to relay.



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