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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 08:55:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net>
To: Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~} <ctkwan@cs.hku.hk>
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Subject: Re: Stop relaying spam mail.
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The newest sendmail, I think, has a way to block relays.

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~} wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 	Is there any way to stop relay spam mails? The mail host
> of the ISP I am running becomes a favourite relay for a jerk.
> That guy sends thousands of mails from another site and uses
> our mail host as a relay. Worse, that guy uses fake addresses
> so that all flames and complaints go to our postmaster. My strategy
> for this is to block all mail from the site from which the mails
> originates, sent a complaining mail to his/her postermaster and
> *hope* the system adminstrator to do something about that. Is
> there any better way to deal with such situation?
> 
> -Doug Kwan
> 
>