From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Nov 27 9: 5:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from quaggy.ursine.com (lambda.blueneptune.com [209.133.45.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A32214D14 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:05:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd-isp@ursine.com) Received: from michael (lambda.ursine.com [209.133.45.69]) by quaggy.ursine.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA36252 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <199911270905270460.32B90139@quaggy.ursine.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.00.00.13 (2) Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:05:27 -0800 From: "Michael Bryan" To: "FreeBSD-ISP" Subject: Re: unsolicited mail Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Another option, if you're using a recent version of sendmail, is to put something like the following line in /etc/mail/access: david@iant.com 550 Invalid username Then remake access.db: makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db i have an alias for this purpose (in /etc/aliases): > > bitbucket: "|cat >/dev/null" > >then any address i want to so handle, i either put a .forward file in >place or another alias entry, pointing to bitbucket. > >cheers, >jeff > >-- > | > |\= +------------------------------+ >Jeffrey J. Libman, ops. mgr. | \ | Wantabe Internet Services= | >Wantabe, Inc. |__\= +------------------------------+ >jeffrl@wantabe.com <-----|------> | access web cgi ftp news= mail | >(281) 493-0718 __,.-=3D\'`^`'~=3D-../__,.-=3D= +------------------------------+ > >On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, matt wrote: > >> >> Make an e-mail alias that pipes all mail to david@iant.com to /dev/null. >> I'm not sure how to do that with sendmail, but I did it with qmail. I'm >> sure one would be able to do this with sendmail or postfix as well. >> >> This can be a big help if the user recieving all the spam is not a real >> user on your site. I also have been getting increased amounts of email >> spam, it would seem these idiots increase their spamming around the >> holidays. Hope this helps. >> >> Matt >> >> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, jahanur wrote: >> >> : HI folks, >> : Holiday greetings to you all. >> : I have been receiving unsolicited e-mail to one of my virtual e-mail >> : domain which does not exist. It looks like that somebody who used to= own >> : this domain(iant.com) had a user called "david" and this person put= his >> : email address to some big sales email lists companies ( I think its= all of >> : the lists in the world). And listed himself as "david@iant.com". We= host >> : the virtual site "www.iant.com" since the beginning of this year.= Since I >> : up the Virtual DNS before I had any user added for this organization,= the >> : emails for david@iant.com was hitting our server and keeping my server >> : busy. Ofcourse I (the admin) gets the returned mail message from the >> : sendmail. >> : I ignored it for 3 months and thought that the email listing companies >> : will take care of it when they get the message not sent to= david@iant.com. >> : But I see that it is increasing more and more everyday, about 10 to 15 >> : messages sometimes. >> : Actions that I took against it is >> : 1) I tried to send warnig e-mail to the dns it was comming from.(did= not >> : work). I get returned mail from that. >> : 2) I tried to creat the user and send the "unsubscribe messge to >> : particular list" as david, as they curtiously suggest the serder to do= so >> : at the bottom of the email. It looks like that also does not work. >> : >> : I dont what to do now. Please help me. >> : I know this is your holiday time so I can wait. >> : >> : Thank you in Advance. >> : >> : Jahanur >> : >> : >> : >> : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> : with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >> : >> >> -- >> "If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians >> would come out of the...the gene pool, they'd a stayed up in the trees >> and written evolution off as a bad idea. Hell, I always thought the >> opposable thumb was overrated." >> -Sheridan, "A Distant Star" >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message Michael Bryan fbsd-isp@ursine.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message