12-28-2008
The first thing to try would be something like:
Email Server Test - Online SMTP diagnostics tool to see if you are suffering from any of the normal exploits.
Secondly make sure you don't have any web based services ( browser forms etc. ) that could be used to submit mail, these can easily bypass authentication by sending as a local user if not properly secured.
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