# Open Mail Relays

## Overview

This has to do with misconfigurations in a mail server that would allow us to perform a **mail relays.** It is more common to find "**Partially Open Mail Relays**" out there which can be used send an email from an external source address to an internal destination address **or** send an email from an internal source address to an internal destination address.

This can lead to phishing and scamming by using an internal email using their domain.

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