Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:42:03 -0500 (CDT) From: John Preisler <john@helium.vapornet.com> To: "A. Karl Heller" <heller@daria.cdnow.com> Cc: root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu (Gary Schrock), don@PartsNow.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anti-spam sendmail in 2.2.5? Message-ID: <199710161442.JAA05330@argon.vapornet.com> In-Reply-To: <199710161204.IAA24287@daria.cdnow.com> References: <199710160121.VAA18333@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> <199710161204.IAA24287@daria.cdnow.com>
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http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/%7Eca/email/check.html#check_rcpt works pretty well, too. -jrp A. Karl Heller writes: > > Why not set it so that the default behavior is to only relay email > that is to or from the domain the server is in? > > > > At 02:58 PM 10/15/97 -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > > >Gary Schrock wrote: > > >>=20 > > >> At 02:42 PM 10/15/97 -0400, you wrote: > > >> >think sendmail shouldn't relay ANY traffic not coming from the box it > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0^^^=20 > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0What if we make that 'domain= > > '? > > >> >resides on by default. > > >>=20 > > >> Hmm, wouldn't that make things painful for those of us using pop mail > > >> clients that use smtp to bounce our mail off the server to send? =A0I = > > don't > > >> think this is really *that* unusual of an arrangement. > > >>=20 > > > > > >Would that be a suitable default? > > > I have to say that sounds better, although then we come down to how easy = > > it > > would be to make it look like the mail is coming from inside the domain. > > I'm afraid I haven't read enough of the anti-spam stuff to know how it > > would check that. > > > Gary Schrock > > root@eyelab.msu.edu > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A. Karl Heller | Dead men don't bleed... > Senior Systems Engineer | but if you step on them right, they ooze. > CDnow Inc. | Everyone needs belief in something. > http://cdnow.com | I believe I'll have another beer. >
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