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Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay?

moby — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:19:18 GMT

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

Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay?

mrogers — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:04:46 GMT

Alfresco is not an open relay.

The inbound email stuff may make it look like one on casual inspection, but at the end of the day, alfresco isn't a store and forward email server, and there is no "relaying".

Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay?

savic_prvoslav — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:03:15 GMT

Alfresco is defenetly a relay , thas is how google sees it, this version 3.4.d .
Is there a workaround for this?

Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay?

mrogers — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:55:28 GMT

Alfresco is not an email relay, open or otherwise. It does not relay email messages, what it does is allow you to do is store documents in a content repository via SMTP.

Furthermore it is not "open" since the messages are verified.

First you need to understand why google is flagging a false positive. Then you may be able to stop it with a firewall or email server or other configuration.

Re: Alfresco SMTP server is an open relay?

savic_prvoslav — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:39:00 GMT

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.

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.