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From: arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp
Subject: [9fans] norelay option in /mail/lib/smtpd.conf
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:52:22 -0400 (EDT)

Hello,

I like upas of Plan 9.
It is simple and flexble.
Some features are added in this release to guard our system
against SPAM.

However norelay Option in /mail/lib/smtpd.conf is difficult
to understand for me:
norelay			off	#allow relaying

What is this means? The possibilities are:
1. "norelay off" means allow relaying
2. "norelay off" means disallow relaying

The comment on the right side says "allow relaying",
however there is another comment in this file:
# if norelay is on, you need to set the
# networks allowed to relay through
# as well as the domains to accept mail for

If we are allowed to write:
relay			off	# disallow relaying
it will be more clear for everyone.

By the way, smtpd can controll incomming mails
using sender-receiver address pair.
Therefore relay filter using the pair will be more powerful.

Thanks,

Kenji Arisawa
E-mail: arisawa@aic...