Best Way to Control Relaying?

[Mike Kercher]

mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info <> scribbled on :

> Hi all,
> 
> Despite having this in my access fil
> 
> # The /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf is part of the
> sendmail-doc # package.
> #
> # by default we allow relaying from localhost...
> localhost.localdomain           RELAY
> localhost                       RELAY
> AUTH    : OK
> *       : REJECT
> 
> and i can clearly see the my sendmail is compiled with AUTH options
> 
> 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-8BITMIME
> 250-SIZE 15000000
> 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> 250-DELIVERBY
> 250 HELP
> 
> Its still relaying mail
> 
> 250 HELP
> Mail from:no at no.com
> 250 2.1.0 no at no.com... Sender ok
> RCPT to:no at no.com
> 250 2.1.5 no at no.com... Recipient ok
> 
> Any idea to why is it still acting like this - where it should not !!
> 
> can any one tell me - how to find out - why its doing so !!
> 
> 


Ummm...you didn't do this test from localhost, did you?

Mike