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Date:      Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:32:17 -0500
From:      Mike <70720.1771@compuserve.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Help me stop the spam relaying
Message-ID:  <199811101735_MC2-5FC6-194A@compuserve.com>

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Please somebody help me! 

I am trying to close off my site to people who use it to relay 
spam.  

I have tried updating the sendmail.cf file and I have restarted sendmail
but it does not help.    The new rules don't do anything.  

Here is what I have done so far.  I added the antispam rules from 
/etc/mail into my sendmail.cf.  I uncommented the check_rcpt rule.
I restarted sendmail.  BOth sites on my list and off can still send
email.  The spammers are making me sick.   I even rebooted the system.
THose rules are never ever called. 

I have not upgraded to 8.9 yet, I am still on sendmail 8.8 which
was delievered with 2.2.6.  I really need a quick solution.  
I also need to allow a few people from off site to continue using email.

What could cause the new rule not to do anything?  I saw that somebody
else had a similiar problem in the freebsd database, but nobody answered.

PLEASE! I am about ready to shut my system down at night!

Thanks, 
 Mike
P.S. Note this email is from compuserve.  I have noticed people
fishing out freebsd sites to attack or use for spam forwarding from
the mailling list.

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