From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 26 09:17:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA02408 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:17:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from mojo.calyx.net (qmailr@mojo.calyx.net [208.132.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA02400 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:17:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick@calyx.net) Received: (qmail 29259 invoked from network); 26 Nov 1997 17:17:36 -0000 Received: from kwesi.calyx.net (208.132.136.100) by mojo.calyx.net with SMTP; 26 Nov 1997 17:17:36 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971126120548.0070a328@calyx.net> X-Sender: nick@calyx.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:05:48 -0500 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Nicholas Merrill Subject: Re: We will mail 4 U In-Reply-To: <199711252246.IAA18515@spooky.eis.net.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 08:46 AM 11/26/97 +1000, you wrote: >I have lost objectivity, I am looking for a sendmail ruleset the will only >allow my home system to receive mail from the addresses I type into a list. >The only sure solution I have though of, is to replace or upgrade the SMTP protocol so >that you can no longer forge headers and the true source is always identified. >That would help a lot. > I suggest you check out Paul Vixie's new anti-spam thing, MAPS RBL (Mail Abuse Prevention System - Realtime Blackhole List) at http://maps.vix.com He's got rulesets to integrate it into sendmail, and there's a patch for qmail 1.01 available as well which I am using. IT works great - denies people access based on their IP address, the list of which is maintained by Vixie. Nick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Merrill 24 Hour pager: 917-381-0500 Voice: 212-292-7325 President / CEO http://www.calyx.net Fax : 212-292-7313 Calyx Internet Access 13-17 Laight St. NYC, NY 10013 Email: nick@calyx.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------