Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 01:43:26 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail spam, sigh... Message-ID: <199711200143.BAA14262@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:22:22 GMT." <199711192322.QAA09195@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > Along this vein... I'd like to suggest adding the RBL support to the default
> > sendmail file (freebsd.mc). This way, all FreeBSD systems would, by
> > default, drop SMTP connections from the sites on the blacklist.
> >
> > I'd also like to add the anti-relay code to the file, but that's a bit
> > trickier, I'm afraid (too easy to get wrong and screw things up).
>
> I have yet to see a clean way to make this work with a transiently
> connected system. I'd guess that the majority of users are on
> transiently connected systems (note: I did not say the majority of
> FreeBSD boxes).
I'm on a `transiently connected' system and now happily use the stuff
in /etc/mail (introduced for 2.2.5). My objective is to figure out
the HACK()s (Mike Burgett has already shown me some examples) and put
'em in the FAQ - unless someone gets there in front of me (I've got
lots of other stuff to keep be busy with at the moment too).
> We need to start thinking about a set of "out of the box" configurations:
[.....]
I'm not sure I understand the rationale here. What's the difference
between a ``permanent'' and ``sometimes'' link (unless you're subtly
referring to the fact that most if not all of these rules are done in
the canonification stage, and many ``sometimes'' sites have
FEATURE(nocanonify)) ? If we get something working for the
``sometimes'' sites, why wouldn't it also work with the ``permanent''
sites ?
> Terry Lambert
> terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
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