At 12:26 PM 6/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
>We've had a problem with a certain address spamming groups. I've included
>our access.conf below:
>
>*.*.*.*:read,post,:$lookup$:$lookup$:*:
>*.*.*:read,post,:$lookup$:$lookup$:*:
>12.24.*.*:read:$lookup$:$lookup$:*:
>127.0.0.1:read,post,:$lookup$:$lookup$:*:
>24.179.100.*:read:$lookup$:$lookup$:*:
>*.*.*.*:read,post,:::*:
>*.*.*:read,post,:::*:
>12.24.*.*:read:::*:
>127.0.0.1:read,post,:::*:
>24.179.100.*:read:::*:
>
>Shouldn't this keep 24.179.100.* from posting since it is the last
>rule? It is not doing so, so I'm wondering if there is something I need
>to add?
Nope, this is a common mistake, you are specifying what that user
can 'read' but you aren't specifying what they can't post to, instead you
should have.
24.179.100.*:post:::!*:
24.179.100.*:read:::*:
ChrisP.
