Date: 04 Mar 98 17:38:36 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: How to re-address existing box to halt incoming spam mail Message-ID: <4c1_9803042116@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <199803041602.LAA08636@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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At 04 Mar 98 17:02:42 "Robert D. Keys" wrote regarding How to re-address existing box to halt incoming spam mail "D> It seems my FreeBSD box is getting more that its share of spam "D> mail. "D> "D> If one wants to totally re-id the machine and move it to another "D> IP address, how should that be done so that a cold boot will "D> bring it up on the new address? I would like to put it on my "D> spare IP address, where it should not get any incoming hits. Just change name and/or number in /etc/rc.conf. Then you must also change the IP adress in the DNS, and then you will get your spam again. If you want to "start afresh", then first unsubscribe from all mailinglists. Get a new name for your machine; ip-adress too, if you really have enough to spare. Boot, and resubscribe, and tell all your friends your new adress. But if you don't want spam, don't write anything public... "D> Also, are there easy ways to block certain IP address regions or "D> send incoming mail from those addresses into the bit bucket? "D> There seem to be several addresses from whence the spam emanates. "D> "D> Thanks "D> Take a look in /etc/mail, there you have a spamlist maintained by postmaster@freebsd.org I think. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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