#Taking advantage of open relays
##Introduction
An open relay is a mail server that allows anyone to send email through it. Unfortunately this used to be the default and in some cases still is, but it has become a tool in most spammers arsenals, to send unsolicited email to anyone and sometimes from anyone. This is no longer the default configuration in many cases, however sometimes you'll find that sys admins either from lazyness or just not thinking of security when configuring a server, create open relays all the time.
##Testing procedure
To test for an open relay, one can either use one of the many excellent tools, such as (http://www.aupads.org/test-relay.html), it's quite simple to check for. But how does one actually do this manually? If you know how, you'll understand better the problem and how applications we use everyday work.