On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:53:44AM -0500, Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> > In other words, there are "compare to sender" rules and "compare to
> > recipient" rules, and the "*" recipient means that that rule is a
> > "compare to sender" rule even if "compare to recipient" rules come
> > before it in the file.
>
> This actually makes sense if your goal is to reduce bandwidth as much as
> possible. If this sender is not permitted to send to anyone, reject them
> as soon as we know who they are, rather than waiting to find out who they
> want to send mail to.
Yeah, I see why the feature exists, and it's useful -- but I'd still
have preferred a different directive for sender rules instead of
making "*" magical. (Having to use "*@*" there is a pretty icky
kludge. :-)
-Rich
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