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roamer1
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Re: This is why I'm against port 25 blocks...

said by kpatz See Profile :

basically harmless if configured properly
And that's the rub..."if configured properly". Some SMTP daemons, such as Postfix, are designed to disallow relay by default, but others aren't, and it's really easy with some daemons, such as sendmail, to make mistakes that result in open relays.

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