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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: major push by spammers?
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 07:00:18 -0800 (PST)
Cc: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@hub.freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <18179.880528244@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Nov 25, 97 11:10:44 pm
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > Are you sending the temp fail return code? If so, then a lot of them
> > will be repeat sends of the same spam.
> 
> I'm using the standard checks in /usr/src/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions - it
> *looks* like a proper failure is generated on a reject, but I'm not
> enough of a sendmail god to know for sure.

	sendmail.cf.additions uses permanent error codes,
	not temp fail return codes.
jmb