Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:22:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Edirol <edirol@anime.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maps.vix.com and spam Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910141620540.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <000501bf1695$227cb6c0$0300a8c0@anime.ca>
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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Edirol wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm running a 3.3-R system and I would like to know how I can enable the
> MAPS system.
>
> On the MAPS DUL page it says I should use:
>
> FEATURE(rbl,`rbl.maps.vix.com',` Mail from $&{client_addr} rejected; see
> http://mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup?$&{client_addr}')
> FEATURE(rbl,`dul.maps.vix.com',` Mail from dial-up rejected; see
> http://mail-abuse.org/dul/enduser.htm')
>
> in my sendmail.cf file.
You need to add them to the site sendmail.mc file then rebuild the
.cf files , check www.sendmail.org for more information. look for
freebsd.mc on your system.
-Alfred
>
> So I have 3 questions.
>
> 1. How do I use the mrbl.p3 patch?
> 2. Adding the above 2 lines into my sendmail.cf causes sendmail to generate
> errors.
> 3. Are there other methods to prevent spam?
>
> I have restricted some domains/hosts in my host.allow file for sendmail. I
> imagin that if I use this MAPS system I shouldn't need to use that anymore.
>
> Thanks,
> - Will
>
> Here is the output of the error message I mentioned.
>
> Oct 14 18:24:52 schala sendmail[562]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 1203: fileclass: cannot open
> ATURE(rbl,`rbl.maps.vix.com',`: No such file or directory
> Oct 14 18:24:52 schala sendmail[562]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 1204: fileclass: cannot open
> ATURE(rbl,`dul.maps.vix.com',`: No such file or directory
>
>
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