Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 13:14:25 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: blacklist(s) Message-ID: <20040516201425.GB9464@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <40A77452.6050105@mac.com> References: <20040515005503.GA9224@tao.thought.org> <40A579DA.7070404@mac.com> <20040516022518.GB70076@tao.thought.org> <40A77452.6050105@mac.com>
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On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:01:54AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:00:58PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > >>According to the RFCs, one MUST NOT bounce mail sent to postmaster. > >>One ought to read the rfc-ignorant.org site I mentioned. > [ ... ] > > Well, bit again. The line in my access file was > > > > 206.46 550 Verizon email not wanted here > > > > that I've commented out. This isn't the first time I've had > > to fine tune; it probably won't be the last. Apologies! > > Consider using FEATURE(`delay_checks', `friend') and add the following to > the access map: > > Spam:abuse@ FRIEND > Spam:postmaster@ FRIEND > > [ Pre 8.12 versions of sendmail use To: instead ] > > ...which will allow you to block mail as you please using IP or other > reject rules, yet not prevent delivery of mail to postmaster and abuse... > Outstanding idea, at least it seems. This site has all the details: http://www.technoids.org/spamlovers.html I think that most email to postmaster should be allowed, any everything to abuse. thanks for the tip! (and a tip of the hat), gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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