Software Archive: rlytest

Program:	rlytest
Description:	test mail host for third-party relay
Version:	1.22 (22-Oct-2001)

The rlytest utility tests a host to determine whether it will relay third-party email. It will try to relay an email message to yourself through that host. A host that allows third-party relay is subject to attack by Internet vandals, and frequently is hijacked by spammers to relay massive amounts of junk email. A host that allows third-party relay should be immediately secured, disconnected, or shunned as a menace to the Internet.

This utility is a perl script. It requires Perl version 5.002 or above plus the IO::Socket module. This module is distributed with the core Perl 5.004 package, and is an add-on option for earlier versions.

Files

Last Modified	Size	File	Description

22-Oct-2001 00:00:00	10278	rlytest	link to current release
26-Jul-2002 20:21:19	4570	rlytest.0.html	rlytest manual page

22-Oct-2001 00:00:00	10278	rlytest-1.22	rlytest script
21-Jun-2001 00:00:00	9686	rlytest-1.20	rlytest script
04-Apr-2001 00:00:00	9241	rlytest-1.18	rlytest script

Release History

Version 1.22 (22-Oct-2001) - Minor revisions to the text of the probe email message.

Version 1.21 (22-Oct-2001) - Corrected the outdated URLs in the probe email message.

Version 1.20 (21-Jun-2001) - Produce useful diagnostic if socket fails.

Version 1.19 (11-Jun-2001) - Now uses exit status 2 to indicate successful relay submission.

Version 1.18 (04-Apr-2001) - Changed default domain to example.com.

Version 1.17 (20-Aug-2001) - Fixed problem with uid=0 check.

Version 1.16 (25-May-2001) - Added guard against running as root. Simplified socket() error message.

$Id: Package.def,v 1.6 2002/07/22 07:38:51 chip Exp $