From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 26 13:21:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA20550 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 13:21:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA20527; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 13:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (sgb36hgkS0VbbqAZs4mUSC9Xe5/O5ppa@greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA07948; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 23:21:12 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (iIzQVvtxWwdgZqvmP2EZ6zpQnPF3dSOI@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12251; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 23:21:07 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Message-Id: <199711262121.XAA12251@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, grog@lemis.com, chat@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: major push by spammers? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 23:21:06 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Jonathan M. Bresler" wrote: > please send me the log entry if you have it. > hub.freebsd.org should not be rejecting mail due to dns > with 500 series error codes, but rhater should be using a 451 > error code Sorry - no can do :-(. I have been using RBL for too long. > its not bounced, its tempoararily not-accepted ;) > meaning the server should try to deliver again later. > i should know i wrote those rules, after looking at > what others were doing. That is what I thought I read. When I brought in RBL, I must have done something silly. I'll firm stick with mea culpa, I think. > > Vixies RBL works in reverse; the spammer's IP is checked on connection. > > If the RBL resolves the IP (PTR-style) to 127.0.0.2 then the mail is > > rejected. If DNS fails, the mail is accepted by default. > > right.....so default you eat spam I'm sure Vixie's rules could me massaged to look more like yours... M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org