Darrell May wrote:
> Tom Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
> > I have read over Darrell May's how-to for restricting certain sites 
> > from my mail server, but it is not working for me.
> 
> Thanks Tom, I have not looked at this Howto in some time.  It 
> needs updating.  Switch to using this format:
> 
> deny:ALL:$EmailBlocks:ALL

$EmailBlocks?  Is this a variable that is used by your contrib RPM?

Will this shut down the spammer at the front door or will it generate a
bounce that will bounce back to me if the headers are faked or the IP
has been spoofed?

>From the way it looks by your example I could just use:

Deny:ALL:64.5.230.*:ALL to shut the spammer down at the very start of
the session, right?
 
> > However, this is inserted at the top of the expanded 
> template which is 
> > then overridden later on down the template by allowing the 
> spammer to 
> > send to anyone at my domain.
> 
> Nope. The rules apply from top to bottom so when you make the 
> changes above you will see it stop, if a match is found and 
> not continue.
> 
> I'll update the HowTo now ;-)

Thanks Darrell!


Tom Carroll


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