[GLLUG] Is my email server an open relay? (link correction)

[Seth Bembeneck]

I'm trying to get qmail mail all the email though the smtp server that my
email account uses (smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com), which requires
authentication.

I have it to the point where it is trying to authenticate, but I get this
error: 

"@4000000040ef0879289cef3c delivery 23: deferral:
Connected_to_66.163.171.137_but_authentication_was_rejected_(username)./Remo
te_host_said:_501_malformed_auth_input_(#5.5.4)/"

My username for the smtp contains the @

I have this in my smtproutes file:

:smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com username password

Is this the correct way to pass the username and password?

Thanks,

Seth
-----Original Message-----
From: Melson, Paul [mailto:PMelson at sequoianet.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 3:13 PM
To: Seth Bembeneck; GGLUG
Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Is my email server an open relay? (link correction)

Contact SBC about a customer relay.  Most ISP's have at least one
configured to allow relay from their dynamic address space (some require
SMTP auth).  

PaulM

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Bembeneck [mailto:sbdataspiller at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:22 AM
To: 'GGLUG'
Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Is my email server an open relay? (link correction)


The link in my last email (http://openrbl.org) was just to the site that
looks at other sites. The site that I got that block of text from is: 

http://www.five-ten-sg.com/blackhole.php?68.79.83.171


Seth