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Date:      Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:27:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jason Lixfeld <jlixfeld@idirect.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anti-Spam from www.sendmail.org
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.971006152552.19877M-100000@thor.idirect.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971006121724.3848A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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Okay, I have added the two patches (domain must resolve, and no non-local
relaying) and am noticing some crazyness..  first off, I'm trying to send
a message through pine, and am getting this error:

  [Mail not sent. Sending error: 451 hash map "spammers": unsafe map file]

Uhmm.. why?! :)

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> 
> > Reading up on the anti-spam measures via the rulesets for sendmail.cf, I'm
> > confused as to wether or not these measures apply to servers (local hubs)
> > or relays only or do these measures apply to both?!
> 
> They apply to everyone, including local workstations.  They certainly
> should be placed on hubs and relays.  This keeps spammers from using your
> relays as their relays.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
> 




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