Goesta Smekal wrote:

>I do a similar thing for two months : Every mail reportet to be infected gets a
>second treatment: 
>
>* look for originating IP (of SMTP envelope, _not_ headers)
>* resolve its domain
>* get the MX for that domain
>* if the IPs are not equal, block the host, since it is an infected, non MX
>host.
>
>This approach works _very_ fine (not a single complain ever since, opposed to
>three complaints due to RDNS check, which started the same time) the SMTP load
>actually is _reduced_ and the "SNDRIP=EIPSPAM" is constantly rising :-) .... and
>of course the virus/day rate is sinking.
>
>Since hosts that send you a virus nowadays are very likely sending you the same
>stuff again soon, blacklisting (IMHO) is a valid option combined with scanning.
>
>  
>
Actually a great idea, because 99.999% of the people who would have a 
legitimate use for sending you SMTP directly (Running a mailserver or 
whatever) are computer-literate enough to avoid getting hit by all that 
virus junk.. So the chances of blocking anyone who's running a 
mailserver at home (Like me, and yes, my ISP allows that) are slim to 
none, and if he's blocked, he deserves it..

Care to share that filter?


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