[CLUE-Tech] open mail relay checker

David Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Fri Sep 17 07:38:04 MDT 2004


Charles Oriez wrote:
> At 10:37 PM 9/16/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> Simple test to see if you're mailserver is an open relay.

I wonder how accurate these are.

>> http://www.checkor.com/

Not so simple, won't check my domain.  Seems to be due to having only 2 
parts in the server name.


> john levine offers a similar service at http://www.abuse.net/relay.html  
> not sure which one is more thorough. John's is definitely faster.

Both are reasonably nice.  John's seems to do more checks but my server 
told it get lost after 11 (too many nonmail commands).  Oh well.

Dave



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