Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:13:01 -0000 From: Jett Tayer <jett@sycorax.ath.cx> To: pf4freebsd@freelists.org Subject: [pf4freebsd] Re: pf and spamd Message-ID: <5F0CD4A2-F325-11D8-A696-00039311ED22@sycorax.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <4126C42B.8010101@hgdbroadband.com> References: <3ABA53F8-F323-11D8-A696-00039311ED22@sycorax.ath.cx> <4126C42B.8010101@hgdbroadband.com>
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yep. i have successfully tried this setup also with OpenBSD. just wondering why this doesn't work with FreeBSD :( On Aug 21, 2004, at 11:40 AM, sam wrote: > Jett Tayer wrote: > >> hello, >> >> Im using FreeBSD 5.2.1 and im having problems making pf work with >> spamd (mail/spamd) >> when i try load one of my ip addresses in <spamd> table and try to >> telnet >> to it at port 25 from another server whose ip is added in spamd >> table, i can't see the usual: >> >> Escape character is '^]'. >> 220 mybox.myhostname.mydomain ESMTP spamd IP-based SPAM blocker; Sat >> Aug 21 11:27:57 2004 >> >> it just say Trying mybox.myhostname.mydomain... and thats it. >> > I haven't test it in FreeBSD, but when I tried it in OpenBSD, it does > intentionally making all black-listed email send to thru PF firewall > with spamd enabled will be redirected to 127.0.0.1 spamd port 25 which > has spamd listening to it and making reply to each of this spamd email > very very slow, as a result the sender gets time-out. > > From the man page of spamd: > ..... > > pf(4) packet filter is configured to redirect port 25 (SMTP) to > this dae- > mon, it will attempt to waste the time and resources of the spam > sender. > .... > > sam
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