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Gora Mohanty writes:
> Hi,

> Once in a while (not too frequently yet), we seem to get
> people probing our mail server by sending various commands
> on the SMTP port. I have seen no evidence of an actual
> issue, but what is best practice in this case? Should I
> be bothered enough to blacklist the domain/email address?
> The same domain/address rarely recurs.

If you're planning to block, then maybe temporarily block or tarpit the IP
address in firewall. Usually, MTAs won't do this kind of thing, only abusers.

Or you can also use greylisting daemon, esp. spamd[1] (only works on *BSD) or
postgrey/policyd (or other greylisting software) for postfix.

Anyways, I'll prefer to block them in firewall instead of blocking them in
application.

References:
[1]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamd

HTH
- -- 
Ashish SHUKLA

“To die hating them, that was freedom.” (George Orwell, "Nineteen
Eighty-Four", 1949)

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