On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:49:25 -0700, "Don DeCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does SpamTrap on SMTPRCV work?

when a "rcpt to:" command goes to a name in the list, then the message
is rejected (you should see a "550 <address> spam trap address hit"
message in the R log) and adds the sending ip to the spamtrap reject
list.  then for the next X minutes, that IP is rejected from sending any
more email.


> I've got the perfect address, it's one that has only appeared in a domain
> registration by mistake and has never been a valid address yet it receives
> hundreds of spam a day.
> 
> So I turned on SpamTrap and listed the one address and nothing seemed to
> happen so I added the address to my user list so that it wouldn't be
> rejected and now it's getting spam which I need to clean up and I see no
> evidence in the log of anything being blocked because an IP sent e-mail to
> my SpamTrap.
> 
> I would have expected SpamTrap to reject (or quietly trash) the e-mail to my
> trap, log in the R-log the trashing and then I would expect to see other
> R-log entries of e-mail from the now-blocked IP that had fallen into the
> trap.
> 
> Am I expecting something I shouldn't?

I'll have a look at it tonight and see what's happening.  A casual look
at the source code indicates that what you've done is right and your
expectations are correct.

klint.

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