> >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 > [log in to unmask] It's quite a normal thing to do. It's how POP and IMAP mail clients send messages.