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. +---------------------------------------+-----------------+ : Klint Gore : "Non rhyming : : EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : slang - the : : Snail : A.B.R.I. : possibilities : : Mail University of New England : are useless" : : Armidale NSW 2351 Australia : L.J.J. : : Fax : +61 2 6772 5376 : : +---------------------------------------+-----------------+ This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
