Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote (with a few extraneous bits removed):
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>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 03:33:11 PM -0500
>>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: CentOS ML <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: close open relay
>>>>
>>>> hi all, running centos 4.7 i686.
>>>>
>>>> I seem to have an o pen r elay sendmail server.
>>>> How do I close it?
>>>>
>>>> I have the STRAIGHT centos install sendmail.mc file.
>>>> Only thing I changed was:
>>>> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
>>>>
>>>> so as to allow incoming email and not just localhost. however
>>>> this seems to relay everyone.
>>>>
>>>> I looked at http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying but it just
>>>> talks about (AFIKT)
>>>> enabling specific relays to occur - not how to CLOSE the
>>>> relaying.
>>>>
>>>> How do I close the relay?
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
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Sure enough I tried your test and that looks good...
HOwever, when i run this test:
HELO example.com
MAIL From: TheBoss@xxxxxxxxxxx
RCPT To: geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DATA
Subject: Think we're insecure...
I have a feeling our mail server is being abused...
..
QUIT
and paste that into port 25 of my server (telnet I'm talking)
I get the email and I should not ( I presume) as I am not example.com.
Jerry
The bottom of the file /etc/sendmail.mc should look like the following
(change my domain, davenjudy.org, to whatever is appropriate for your
domain). This won't get rid of any open relay problems but will at
least fix the "example.com" issue:
...
dnl #
dnl # The following example makes mail from this host and any additional
dnl # specified domains appear to be sent from mydomain.com
dnl #
MASQUERADE_AS(`davenjudy.org')dnl
dnl #
dnl # masquerade not just the headers, but the envelope as well
dnl #
dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl
dnl #
dnl # masquerade not just @mydomainalias.com, but @*.mydomainalias.com
as well
dnl #
FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl
dnl #
dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost)dnl
dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain)dnl
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(local.davenjudy.org)dnl
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(davenjudy.org)dnl
As for possibly having an open relay, you also want to make sure that
the following line is commented out (has dnl at the beginning):
dnl #
dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl
dnl #
Finally, you'll need a line like:
FEATURE(`relay_entire_domain')dnl
DO NOT uncomment any of the other lines in sendmail.mc regarding relay
settings unless you know what you're doing. If you aren't sure what was
changed from the default, remove the sendmail-cf rpm and reinstall it to
get back to a clean, default sendmail.mc file. It's a good idea to
explicitly run make in /etc/mail and then bounce sendmail rather than
let the sendmail startup script decide something has changed since it's
easier to catch syntax errors that way. Finally, get a free mail
account at your provider of choice (Google, Hotmail, whoever) and use it
for testing both sending and receiving mail.
Cheers,
Dave
--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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