Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 23:21:06 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, grog@lemis.com, chat@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: major push by spammers? Message-ID: <199711262121.XAA12251@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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"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 <gack!> 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
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