> Greetings all
>
> Can anyone tell me the difference between the policy 'deny' and
> that 'reject' ?
deny - the firewall drops the packet on the floor and does not reply
reject - firewall returns a "connection refused" reply
> I'm trying to stop a server sending me smtp when I connect to it (I prefer
> using POP) but I don't want to _not_ run an smtp server. It seems that
> if I use the rule
> ipfwadm -I -a reject -S any/0 smtp
> then icmp 'port unreachable' is generated but that doesn't seem to disuade
> the server from continuing to try!! If I use
The sending system probably assumes the fault is temporary and keeps trying
> ipfwadm -I -a deny -S any/0 smtp
> then it doesn't appear to stop anything!!
The sending system will timeout; eventually.
> All I want to do it run the ampr.org DNS without emptying the company mail
> account into the linux box here!!!!
You will need to get the ISP to turn off the smtp delivery of mail to the
account you are using. Probably not what you want to do.
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Richard
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