On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:09:26AM +1100, Rasjid Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> I have been looking at 'qpsmtpd' (http://develooper.com/code/qpsmtpd/) 
> as a possible replacement for mailfront (or qmail-smtpd, depending 
> on how you view things).
> 
> It is written in perl, and can potentially do the 'drop spam at 
> the doorstep' thing that many people (including myself) would like.
> [...]

The mailfront version in 5.6 has sender/recipient pattern matching,
which should be able to provide what you are after (once you develop
the appropriate match rules). Be aware that simple sender/recipient
matching will almost certainly drop some legitimate mail.

> [...]
> Is the choice about whether to act as a relay (ie, if talking to 
> someone on a local IP address, then I'll relay mail anywhere, 
> otherwise I'll only deliver internally) decided by mailfront, or 
> some other part of the qmail system??

It's done by mailfront (as a direct replacement for qmail-smtpd) 
based on the setting of RELAYCLIENT.

Gordon
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 Gordon Rowell                         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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