[clug] checking mail daemon

[Marek Samoc]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, david howe wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> for lack of a more desriptive subject, here is my question(s) :)
>
> I am running exim on a debian box and although my logs show nothing
> greatly untoward, I am wondering if there are ways that the less
> desirable elements on the net can be using my box to relay or originate
> spam?
>
> I know spam is a subject we generally wish wasn't, so whilst on the
> subject, does anyone have a good suggestion to restrict the volume of
> spam at the server end?
>
> david
>


Check places like http://www.ordb.org and http://dsbl.org for online
testing tools of open relays and for info of using RBL lists to reduce the
amount of received spam. These are the two lists that I like but YMMV.
Alas, osirusoft is no more...

Marek