Re: [Assp-user] Using IP blocking features - denySMTPConnectionsFrom

2019-11-05 Thread Doug Lytle
On 11/4/19 5:34 PM, Mr. Courtney Creighton wrote: How did you land on DenyStrict? Did you find the same thing I did, that the less strict blocking didn't appear to work for you? Actually, I don't remember. I've been using ASSP since the original author was supporting it (John Hanna). Doug

Re: [Assp-user] Using IP blocking features - denySMTPConnectionsFrom

2019-11-04 Thread Mr. Courtney Creighton
Hi Doug, Yep, so you're using the Strict IP blocking option. Which is also what I am using now, because it is apparently what works. Is there a reason you're not using the basic IP block (denySMTPConnectionsFrom) function, which has a block file named blockip.txt by default? How did you

Re: [Assp-user] Using IP blocking features - denySMTPConnectionsFrom

2019-11-04 Thread Doug Lytle
>>> Is anyone using (denySMTPConnectionsFrom)? I've always had it off Yes. I have a text file located in the files directory called denyalways.txt. This is populated with CIDR notations. My log entry shows below on a match: [denyalways.txt] 85.30.192.0/18 # AS42610 RU/RU NCNET-AS

[Assp-user] Using IP blocking features - denySMTPConnectionsFrom

2019-11-04 Thread Mr. Courtney Creighton
Hello all, Is anyone using (denySMTPConnectionsFrom)? I've always had it off, but recently tried it to use it to block some especially egregious, high-volume spam that was slipping through the filters from the same netblocks, but I couldn't get it to activate and block anything from those