I recently instituted SPF on our mail server, and it's catching all the
baddies.
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
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http://spf.pobox.com/wizard.html
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message
| | Ah ok, I was using the email one on the right.
|
| Using the dns report one says that Relaying is Closed but the next box
down says SPF Record
| (?):
|
| [I also ran the secondary abuse relay test and that one says relaying is
closed]
|
| "Your domain does not have an SPF record. This means that spammers can
easily send out E-mail
| that looks like it came from your domain, which can make your domain look
bad (if the recipient
| thinks you really sent it), and can cost you money (when people complain
to you, rather than
| the spammer). You may want to add an SPF record ASAP, as 01 Oct 2004 was
the target date for
| domains to have SPF records in place (Hotmail, for example, started
checking SPF records on 01
| Oct 2004)."
|
|
|
| Not sure what that means. But, if it's only that why would I acutally see
spam emails in the
| log?
|
| Thanks!
|
|
|
| | > You don't enter an email address.
| >
| > Use the *left* text box.
| >
| > Enter the domain used by the mail server, such as: mydomain.com
| >
| > Click on the "DNS Report" button.
| >
| > Wait for the results page to fully load (it's checking many items on the
| > server).
| >
| > Scroll down to the open relay section. It will tell you if the mail
server
| > is open relay or not.
| >
| >
| > --
| > ===
| > Tom "Pepper" Willett
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ---
| > About FrontPage 2003:
| >
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| > ===
in
| > message | > So, if I enter a phoney email addr like; (e-mail address removed) and it
| > returns a successful connection that means there's an open relay
happening,
| > is that correct?
| >
| > The host server dood should be able to lock this down right?
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| > R.
| >
| >
| > | > > Open relays can be checked at:
| > >
| > >
http://www.dnsreport.com/
| > >
| > > Using the zone report and putting in the domain name, such as
mydomain.com
| > > and clicking on the DNS Report button.
| > >
| > > --
| > > ===
| > > Tom "Pepper" Willett
| > > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > > ---
| > > About FrontPage 2003:
| > >
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| > > ===
| > > | > > | Sound like a open rely to me.
| > > |
| > > | --
| > > | ==============================================
| > > | Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > > | WebMaster Resources(tm)
| > > |
| > > | FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > > | ==============================================
| > > | If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > > | a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > > | Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > > |
http://support.microsoft.com
| > > | If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > > | security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > > | ==============================================
| > > |
| > > | "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" <
[email protected]>
wrote
| > > in
| > > message
| > > | | > > | inline,,,
| > > |
| > > |
| > > | > > | > Check with your web host, as they may have a open relay, which is
very
| > > bad.
| > > | >
| > > | Checking with my web dood now.
| > > |
| > > |
| > > | > When using the FP Form Handler, it will only use the email address
you
| > > have inserted under Form
| > > | > Properties.
| > > |
| > > | That's what has me puzzled, it shows other em addresses...looks like
| > > relaying huh?
| > > |
| > > | Thanks!
| > > |
| > > |
| > > |
| > > |
| > > | >
| > > | > --
| > > | > ==============================================
| > > | > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > > | > WebMaster Resources(tm)
| > > | >
| > > | > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > > | > ==============================================
| > > | > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > > | > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > > | > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > > | >
http://support.microsoft.com
| > > | > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > > | > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > > | > ==============================================
| > > | >
| > > | > "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" <
[email protected]>
wrote
| > > in message
| > > | > | > > | > Howdy all..
| > > | >
| > > | > Using email form in FP, on Linux/Apache server with Cpanel.
| > > | >
| > > | > I hardly ever check the server logs but I did yesterday, and
noticed
| > > what looks like mortgage
| > > | > company spam (outgoing?) in the server mail logs. I'm not really
| > > knowledgable in this area so
| > > | > would
| > > | > appreciate some input on this.
| > > | >
| > > | > Does this mean someone(s) using my form to relay spam or
something?
| > > | >
| > > | > How to curtail this?...Cpanel looks like it has some spam control,
but
| > > not sure how/what it does.
| > > | >
| > > | > TNX,
| > > | > Rob
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > |
| > > |
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
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