Yes, it is true. You need to change your SMTP server to stop relaying.
You may need to get a new version of sendmail.
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Greg Walker wrote:
> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 08:02:13 -0500
> From: Greg Walker <greg @
trade-a-plane .
com>
> To: firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM
> Subject: Re: Mail bombing made legal...
>
> Ron DuFresne wrote:
>
> > SPECIAL CLOAKING DEVICE: Email Blaster can successfully hide the
> > origin of
> > all email being sent out. Email Blaster can mask itself to look like
> > it
> > came from the recipients own host. This will help stop users from
> > flaming
> > your email box!
> >
>
> Is this for real? I have been getting hundreds of error messages from
> our mail server at night with the following cotent:
>
> Your message was not delivered because the destination computer
> was
> not found. Carefully check that it was spelled correctly and try
>
> sending it again if there were any mistakes.
>
> Host spamco.com not found
>
> The following recipients did not receive this message:
>
> <Bigspamdaddy @
spamco .
com>
>
> The original mail envelope addresses are:
>
> User-From: SMTP<>
> Recipient: [<Bigspamdaddy @
spamco .
com>]
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Walker
> TAP Publishing Company
>
Of course my password is the same as my pet's name.
My macaw's name was Q47pY!3, but I change it every 90 days.
Nick Simicich mailto:njs @
scifi .
squawk .
com or (last choice) mailto:njs @
us .
ibm .
com
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