Re: Shouldn't rcpthosts be empty to ward off spam?

[wolfgang zeikat]

Also sprach David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04.09.2000:

>If a spammer sent that message with an envelope recipient of
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], it would be accepted because newmediaone.net is in
>rcpthosts.  

does that mean: the message is accepted *and* the mails to the Cc: header
recipients (which are not in rcpthosts) are *also* delivered? that was the
original question.

>If the spammer sent a second envelope recipient of [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>and aol.com is NOT in your rcpthosts, he'd get an error on that
>recipient (unless RELAYCLIENT had been set through tcpserver when this
>connection was accepted).

does a Cc: header create a second envenlope recipient? (so far i thought
it doesnt)

wolfgang