I read an article that some spam program's do not send a HELO or EHLO when they send out spam e-mails. The following outake came from and article in Security Focus on hints to block spammer's:
"Some spam software does not send a HELO, and by using this option you may successfully block such bone-headed software." The following is the link to this article: http://online.securityfocus.com/infocus/1593 Thanks for all your advise, J.R. Do you have an example of what you are trying to eliminate. I can't see IMail accepting any kind of email conversation other than HELO or EHLO on the SMTP port Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.R. Dobyns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Imail_Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:36 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Blocking e-mails without HELO > Forum, > > Is there anyway in the IMAIL software (VERSION 7.07) to block e-mails from > coming in that do not start with a standard HELO 0r EHLO SMTP format? > > Thanks, > > J.R. > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
