Re: [vps-mail] Sendmail - going from spammers.db to access.db

[Weldon Whipple <weldon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Marjolein Katsma wrote:

> 2. Currently I have some addresses defined in a virtmaps/aliases
> combination that dev/null's spam sent to a number of particular
> addresses which are not actually used by me / by the accounts on my
> server but _are_ used by spammers to send mail to. I've long wished I
> could send rejects for these ("no spam accepted at this address" or
> something) instead of silently discarding the mails.
> - Am I correct in understanding that I can now do this by using To:
>   rules in access? (To:nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx REJECT ...)

Yes. Be sure to include this line in your mc file:

FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')

> - If so, would this "catch" only mails where the particular address is
> used in the To: header, or would it also apply to mails using the same
> address in a Cc: or Bcc: header?

Only to the envelope recipient (the actual recipient of the e-mail,
specified after "RCPT TO:" in the SMTP conversation). The headers aren't
reliable.

> 3. For some accounts/personalities I've set up in my client Eudora, I
> had the smtp server set to that on the server (smtp.mydomain.com)
> instead of that of my access provider (used to be dial-up; ADSL now).
> This has always worked - until the new sendmail.cf was put into place;
> now this is rejected with a message like: <nodeaddress.tld> [IP] did not
> issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to stdin

Eudora is connecting but not talking to sendmail. Increase sendmail's
loglevel to (say) 15 in your mc file:

define(`confLOG_LEVEL',`15')

Then check ~/var/log/messages for clues ...

> It looks like teh new sendmail (config) is mor estrict in this (which is
> good) - but I'd like to continue use my old method fo rat least some
> accounts.

> - Am I correct in thinking this could be resolved by added a Connect:IP
> RELAY rule in access.db (where IP is the fixed IP address for my ADSL
> node)? Or is there some other problem?

If that doesn't work, try it without the "Connect:" and see what happens
... or try a "From:" (???)

> 4. I generate spammers.db from spammers by issuing 'vnewspammers';
> should I generate a (new) access.db from access using 'vnewaccess'?

You guessed it.

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Weldon Whipple
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