Adding Documentation to Linux-SXS

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On 12/7/06, David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/7/06, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/4/06, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 01:42:58PM -0800, Dominic Lepiane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've blogged (read: "ranted") about setting up SMTP auth with Postfix and SASL
> > > > on Debian/Sarge.  It needs to be cleaned up and I'd be happy to do so if
> > > > there's any interest.  It might take me a while to get around to.  The setup
> > > > example is specific to Debian (and derivations) so I could try to make it
> > > > more general if people could provide feedback from other Linux distros and
> > > > other UNIX variants.
> > > >
> > > > http://dl.nibble.bz/~archangel/archive.php?news=173
> > > > http://dl.nibble.bz/~archangel/archive.php?news=174
> > >
> > > Dominic,
> > >
> > > No need to make it general. One of the hallmarks of the SxS is that it
> > > is cookbook-style. That is, "Here's how I did it on my system to fit
> > > my needs." Just make your assumptions clear up front, and the fact that
> > > it is Debian-specific shouldn't be a problem.
> > >
> > > Kurt
> >
> > Moreover, if I can figure out how to apply the Debian sxs to a gentoo box,
> > I'd be happy to translate it to that domain.  I think I have a
> > severely mis-configured
> > Posfix, but have been too bewidlered by present docs to sort it out.
> >
> > BTW, anybody know how to tell if your server is open to relay abuse?  Whether
> > it's currently blacklisted, and by whom?
>
> Try hinfo.  It shows who has you listed and why.  Some sites, notably
> abuse.net, seems to list a lot of site incorrectly.  For example, it
> has pananix.com listed for not having a postmaster address.  The
> postmaster and MAILER-DAEMON addresses, as abuse and spam are in _all_
> my domains as the first aliases.  Most likely, they check from a
> system that's blacklisted, although those addresses aren't included in
> the blacklist checks, but something is wrong at their end.

Easy for you to say.  Hinfo looks interesting, but I'm mildly baffled
by the output, particularly by how my host is identified remotely as
0.0.0.2 or 127.1.0.1, 65.77.130.111, etc.  Take a look:  Notice also
that SBC is my ISP, so their showing up in whois is normal.  The
64.160.0.0/12 address seems to blacklist me along with a huge slab of
the ISP. What am I to make of all this?

> Processing treat.kosmanor.com (64.166.164.49)
treat.kosmanor.com. is in Abuse.net Contacts as 0.0.0.2
        "postmaster at treat.kosmanor.com"
        "postmaster at kosmanor.com"
64.166.164.49 is adsl-64-166-164-49.dsl.snlo01.pacbell.net.
adsl-64-166-164-49.dsl.snlo01.pacbell.net. is in Abuse.net Contacts as 0.0.0.1
        "abuse at sbcglobal.net"
adsl-64-166-164-49.dsl.snlo01.pacbell.net. is in rfc-ignorant whois as 127.0.0.5
64.166.164.49 is in Blars Block List as 127.1.0.1
        Spam sending domain
64.166.164.49 is in v6net spammers as 65.77.130.111
64.166.164.49 is in Yahoo as 127.0.0.2
64.166.164.49 is in n13mbl relaywatcher as 208.38.61.228
64.166.164.49 in ASN7132 64.160.0.0/12

IPQuery: 64.166.164.49 Server: whois.arin.net
SBC Internet Services SBCIS-SIS80 (NET-64-160-0-0-1)
                                  64.160.0.0 - 64.175.255.255

> As for relay abuse, there are sites that will perform that check for
> you -- just google for them.
>
>
> >
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