Salvatore, Even if I install this patch.. it's still gonna apply only when it reaches qmail and not before. QS is working before qmail is working and so this won't do much good.
Am I wrong? Cheers, Shai ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salvatore Toribio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]Virii is being found even though there is not such account. > >On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Shai wrote: > > > >> Then now, that I have a lot of accounts the get virii via their emails, and > >> I want to bring a stop to that, I need to shutdown my 1. QS and/or 2. My > >> MTA? > > > >If you want to stop virus email from entering your mail system, you should > >shut down your mail system. Alas. > > > >> My MTA is being overworked for a lot of virii are getting into QS for checks > >> even though those uses have long ago stopped using my MTA. > > > > > >You may try using a pre-qmailscanner blacklist, such as > >badmailfrom/badmailto, to block specific senders and recipient addresses. > >The mailmat patch, or the newer version of the same, lets you use a set of > >patterns for this task, instead. If you have a fairly constant set of > >invalid accounts receiving mail, the badmailto should work fairly well for > >you. > > > > There is patch for qmail (search http://www.qmail.org) that adds a > feature "badrcpto" that works similar at "badmailfrom". I have never > tested... > > Of course you can hack qmail-scanner and add a Blacklist routine, it > wouldn't be too difficult if you have a routine thar already reject > emails (1.20st)... But I will try the patch for qmail first, it will > reject in a better way. > > Salvatore > > > > >If you have a small set of valid recipients, perhaps a whitelist would be > >best. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Qmail-scanner-general mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
