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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 1997 07:12:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
To:        gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer)
Cc:        jkh@time.cdrom.com, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: major push by spammers?
Message-ID:  <199711261512.HAA23087@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <17085.880528501@orion.webspan.net> from "Gary Palmer" at Nov 26, 97 02:15:01 am

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Gary Palmer wrote:
> 
> "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote in message ID
> <18179.880528244@time.cdrom.com>:
> > > 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.
> 
> 451 is a temporary error code. It allows the mail to be retried later
> incase of DNS failures or net splits to cause a valid DNS entry to
> become unavailable.

	yes, yes, you are right.  on DNS we return temp fail codes
	from /usr/src/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions.....crimmie,
	i wrote and it dont remember what i wrote......guido, see
	what 4 kids will do to you....stop before its too late!
	;
jmb



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