> >LISTSERV does indeed
> >operate by opening port 25 and sending SMTP mail through the local MTA,
> >so if you have relaying turned off in qmail I'd imagine you'd see this
> >error.
>
> In my humble, non-programmer opinion, this is quite silly to do.  Simply
> because you will run into problems like the one I'm having.  Most MTAs now
> turn off relaying.

LISTSERV doesn't normally run afoul of anti-relay measures because when
a list message is sent, the SMTP MAIL FROM is [log in to unmask]
Thus it is a local message to the SMTP server.

> >Since LISTSERV isn't being allowed to relay, it aborts the
> >message.  GAEA would have to be set up to allow relay from the local
> >host if not anywhere else.
>
> The interesting thing is, GAEA has been told to allow relays from the
> localhost.  That's not the problem.  The problem is what in the world is
> listserv doing opening up port 25 to send out mail?  It's not an MTA, let
> the other programs take care of that, don't you think?  Then again, I'm not
> a programmer... :)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Anexis Hostmaster
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It's quite a normal thing to do.  It's how POP and IMAP mail clients
send messages.