メールの第三者中継(Third-Party Mail Relay)をチェックするには、relay-test.mail-abuse.orgのサービスを使うのが手軽でよい。第三者中継とは、多くのスパムメールが行っている方法で、メール送信者がその本人とは無関係の第三者のメールサーバを不正に中継し、身元を偽ってメールを送信することをいう。
% telnet relay-test.mail-abuse.org
Trying 168.61.4.13...
Connected to cygnus.mail-abuse.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connecting to 192.168.0.2 ...
<<< 220 example.com ESMTP
>>> HELO cygnus.mail-abuse.org
<<< 250 example.com
:Relay test: #Quote test
>>> mail from: <spamtest@ns2.example.com>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <"nobody@mail-abuse.org">
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 1
>>> mail from: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 2
>>> mail from: <spamtest@maps1.pa.vix.com>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #test 3
>>> mail from: <spamtest@localhost>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 4
>>> mail from: <spamtest>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 5
>>> mail from: <>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 6
>>> mail from: <spamtest@ns2.example.com>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 7
>>> mail from: <spamtest@[192.168.0.2]>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody@mail-abuse.org>
<<< 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
>>> rset
<<< 250 flushed
:Relay test: #Test 8
>>> mail from: <spamtest@ns2.example.com>
<<< 250 ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody%mail-abuse.org@ns2.example.com>
<<< 250 ok
>>> QUIT
<<< 221 example.com
Tested host banner: 220 example.com ESMTP
System appeared to accept 1 relay attempts
Connection closed by foreign host.
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