[ILUG] Broadband querry

[Philip Reynolds]

Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> 26 lines of wisdom included:
> Quoting Philip Reynolds (philip.reynolds at rfc-networks.ie):
> 
> > Specifically with both Postfix and Qmail, this is *NOT* an adequate
> > test. By default with Postfix, for example, it will allow relaying
> > for any host within mynetworks which, by default, is 127.0.0.0/8.
> > This means relaying from any FOREIGN_DOMAIN to any FOREIGN_DOMAIN.
> 
> _Obviously_, you want to attempt relaying from an IP that your MTA is
> supposedly configured to not permit relaying from.  I would have thought
> that the need to be fully aware of local MTA configuration went without
> saying.

It was most certainly not obvious, not to me. It's bad advice to
give to anyone, and definately to a novice to test relaying from the
local machine. As I've explained in my previous mail, by default
most mail setups allow relaying from the local machine.

I quote:

	"when you're talking specifically about mail relaying, you
can do basic testing (which is pretty much all you should need)
right from localhost"

You're trying to tell me, that you implied there to attempt to relay
"from an IP that your MTA is supposedly configured to not permit
relaying from". You basically said a person can test for an open
relay from the localhost. I said you can't. More accurately, I
said you shouldn't, because it is not a valid test for the vast
majority of setups. 

I don't wish to continue this discussion any further. If you
maintain that it was obvious, than simply take my mail as a
qualification to other observers that it may not have been as
obvious to. 

I think if anything, I've been rather polite with my responses over
the last few days. If anything, I've found you rather rude and
argumentative. 

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