> On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 12:06:21PM -0400, Scott Burns wrote:
> > Ok, I have just received my e-mail from orbs.org telling me that my shiny 
> > new NetBSD/i386 V1.4.1 server has the open e-mail relay problem.

Should Netbsd have a minor security advisory on this?

It does seem like this is a mild Denial-Of-Service problem
(eg. filling up /var/spool, clogging the internet connection, filling
up /var/spool a second time with the bounces etc).

In addition this is leaving one wide-open for complaints from 10,000 -
1,000,000 spam-recipients, depending on the type of connection one has
to the internet.  Folks on cable modems may, to their horror, realize
that their sendmail has indeed finished the whole 1 Mega-recipient
spam-run and one can now look forward to a week of complaints coming
in.

-wolfgang
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