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Date:      Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Edirol <edirol@anime.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: maps.vix.com and spam
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910141620540.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <000501bf1695$227cb6c0$0300a8c0@anime.ca>

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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Edirol wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm running a 3.3-R system and I would like to know how I can enable the
> MAPS system.
> 
> On the MAPS DUL page it says I should use:
> 
> FEATURE(rbl,`rbl.maps.vix.com',` Mail from $&{client_addr} rejected; see
> http://mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup?$&{client_addr}')
> FEATURE(rbl,`dul.maps.vix.com',` Mail from dial-up rejected; see
> http://mail-abuse.org/dul/enduser.htm')
> 
> in my sendmail.cf file.

You need to add them to the site sendmail.mc file then rebuild the
.cf files , check www.sendmail.org for more information.  look for
freebsd.mc on your system.

-Alfred

> 
> So I have 3 questions.
> 
> 1.  How do I use the mrbl.p3 patch?
> 2.  Adding the above 2 lines into my sendmail.cf causes sendmail to generate
> errors.
> 3.  Are there other methods to prevent spam?
> 
>  I have restricted some domains/hosts in my host.allow file for sendmail. I
> imagin that if I use this MAPS system I shouldn't need to use that anymore.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Will
> 
> Here is the output of the error message I mentioned.
> 
> Oct 14 18:24:52 schala sendmail[562]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 1203: fileclass: cannot open
> ATURE(rbl,`rbl.maps.vix.com',`: No such file or directory
> Oct 14 18:24:52 schala sendmail[562]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 1204: fileclass: cannot open
> ATURE(rbl,`dul.maps.vix.com',`: No such file or directory
> 
> 
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