topic Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247082#M200212 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have configured 3.4.d on Ubuntu 10.10 for both in/outbound mail and IMAP. Outbound via SMTPS and IMAP work but not inbound. Ran a few external checks on DNS config etc and discovered that my server is an open relay. How do I fix this? Already been blacklisted after only a few hours of configuration pain!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>###############################<BR />## Common Alfresco Properties #<BR />###############################<BR /><BR />dir.root=/opt/alfresco-3.4.d/alf_data<BR /><BR />web.application.context.url=<A href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco</A><BR /><BR />### database connection properties ###<BR />db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver<BR />db.username=alfresco<BR />db.password=****<BR />db.name=alfresco<BR />db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/${db.name}?useUnicode=yes&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8<BR /><BR />### FTP Server Configuration ###<BR />ftp.enabled=true<BR />ftp.port=21<BR />ftp.ipv6.enabled=false<BR /><BR />### RMI service ports ###<BR />alfresco.rmi.services.port=50500<BR />avm.rmi.service.port=0<BR />avmsync.rmi.service.port=0<BR />attribute.rmi.service.port=0<BR />authentication.rmi.service.port=0<BR />repo.rmi.service.port=0<BR />action.rmi.service.port=0<BR />deployment.rmi.service.port=0<BR /><BR />### External executable locations ###<BR />ooo.exe=/opt/alfresco-3.4.d/openoffice/program/soffice.bin<BR />ooo.enabled=true<BR />img.root=/opt/alfresco-3.4.d/common<BR />img.dyn=${img.root}/lib<BR />img.exe=${img.root}/bin/convert<BR />swf.exe=/opt/alfresco-3.4.d/common/bin/pdf2swf<BR />jodconverter.enabled=true <BR />jodconverter.officeHome=/opt/alfresco-3.4.d/openoffice <BR />jodconverter.portNumbers=8101 <BR /><BR />### Initial admin password ###<BR />alfresco_user_store.adminpassword=**<BR /><BR />### IMAP Configuration ###<BR />imap.server.enabled=true<BR />imap.server.port=143<BR />imap.server.host=192.168.2.10<BR />imap.server.attachments.extraction.enabled=true<BR />### default config made explicit for reference ###<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints=AlfrescoIMAP<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.default.mountPointName=IMAP<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.default.modeName=ARCHIVE<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.default.store=${spaces.store}<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.default.rootPath=/${spaces.company_home.childname}<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.value.AlfrescoIMAP.mountPointName=Alfresco IMAP<BR />imap.config.server.mountPoints.value.AlfrescoIMAP.modeName=MIXED<BR /><BR />### Outbound mail via Google and SMTPS ###<BR /><BR />mail.host=smtp.gmail.com<BR />mail.port=465<BR />mail.protocol=smtps<BR />mail.username=&lt;user&gt;<BR />mail.password=*****<BR />mail.smtps.starttls.enable=true<BR />mail.smtps.auth=true<BR />mail.from.default=admin@alfresco.com<BR /><BR /># Enable/Disable the inbound email service.&nbsp; The service could be used by processes other than<BR /># the Email Server (e.g. direct RMI access) so this flag is independent of the Email Service.<BR />#————-<BR />email.inbound.enabled=true<BR /><BR /># Email Server properties <BR />#————-<BR />email.server.enabled=true<BR />email.server.port=25<BR />email.server.domain=&lt;mydomain.com&gt;<BR />email.inbound.unknownUser=anonymous<BR />email.server.host = 127.0.1.1<BR /><BR /># A comma separated list of email REGEX patterns of allowed senders.<BR /># If there are any values in the list then all sender email addresses<BR /># must match.&nbsp; For example:<BR />#&nbsp;&nbsp; .*\@alfresco\.com, .*\@alfresco\.org<BR /># Allow everyone:<BR />#————-<BR />email.server.allowed.senders=.*<BR /><BR />### GoogleDocs configuration ###<BR /><BR />googledocs.googleeditable.enabled=true<BR />googledocs.username=&lt;user&gt;<BR />googledocs.password=****<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have read many posts but seem fairly random relating to different versions and so on. Have just created the user anonymous and added to email-contributors group. Not tried inbound as still have open relay challenge.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any pointers appreciated!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:19:18 GMT moby 2011-06-19T13:19:18Z Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247082#M200212 I have configured 3.4.d on Ubuntu 10.10 for both in/outbound mail and IMAP. Outbound via SMTPS and IMAP work but not inbound. Ran a few external checks on DNS config etc and discovered that my server is an open relay. How do I fix this? Already been blacklisted after only a few hours of configuratio Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:19:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247082#M200212 moby 2011-06-19T13:19:18Z Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247083#M200213 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Alfresco is not an open relay.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The inbound email stuff may make it look like one on casual inspection,&nbsp; but at the end of the day, alfresco isn't a store and forward email server, and there is no "relaying".</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:04:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247083#M200213 mrogers 2011-06-20T08:04:46Z Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247084#M200214 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Alfresco is defenetly a relay , thas is how google sees it, this version 3.4.d .</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Is there a workaround for this?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:03:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247084#M200214 savic_prvoslav 2013-03-13T15:03:15Z Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247085#M200215 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Alfresco is not an email relay, open or otherwise.&nbsp; It does not relay email messages,&nbsp; what it does is allow you to do is store documents in a content repository via SMTP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Furthermore it is not "open" since the messages are verified.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First you need to understand why google is flagging a false positive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then you may be able to stop it with a firewall or email server or other configuration.</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:55:28 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247085#M200215 mrogers 2013-03-13T17:55:28Z Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247086#M200216 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I know you are right we use alfresco that way but this version is making this problem, can you give me some explation on how to fix this.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>edit: @ the end a understood the problem it was tls not relay in the end. Just updated to subethasmtp-3.1.7 , and disableTLS=true.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:39:00 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-smtp-server-is-an-open-relay/m-p/247086#M200216 savic_prvoslav 2013-03-13T19:39:00Z