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Family: SMTP problems --> Category: infos

poprelayd & sendmail authentication problem Vulnerability Scan


Vulnerability Scan Summary
Checks if the remote mail server can be used as a spam relay

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test

The remote SMTP server allows relaying for authenticated users.
It is however possible to poison the logs
this means that spammers
would be able to use your server to send their e-mails to
the world, thus wasting your network bandwidth and getting you
blacklisted.

*** Some SMTP servers such as Postfix will display a false positive
*** here

Threat Level: Low

Solution : Disable poprelayd

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