From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 24 18:17:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA02975 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:17:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.5.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA02967 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA17899; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:16:54 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd017880; Fri Oct 24 18:16:52 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA10298; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:16:48 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199710250116.SAA10298@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Anti-spam in hub.mc To: jflists@calweb.com Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 01:16:48 +0000 (GMT) Cc: dan@dpcsys.com, housley@pr-comm.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971024173016.0099a1a0@pop.calweb.com> from "jfesler@calweb.com" at Oct 24, 97 05:30:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> My question is how will they actually contact the postmaster if mail > >> from that site is blocked????? > > Personally, mail to "postmaster" is *always* accepted over here. > Period. Regardless of other filters that are in place. Most of the > time, the error message I give out says to contact Postmaster, as > in may cases domain names are being used without consent of their owners. This is actually required, unconditionally, even if you are blocking other mail from that site. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.