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Date:      Mon, 25 May 1998 09:54:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sendmail 8.9
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980525094742.20902A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805250546.JAA21636@minas-tirith.pol.ru>

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On Mon, 25 May 1998, Alex Povolotsky wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Has anyone checked this new version? It is claimed to be more spam-proof.

Definitely is that, though you can get most of the way there with 8.8.8
and various non-distribution rules.  The single most important change is
that in 8.9, relaying is off by default, and you can choose several ways
to decide what you relay.  By IP address, by domain, by HELO, by MX
records, etc.

It also includes dropin rules for RBL, DNS checking, and regex matches.
I'm not sure how the DNS checking works, it seems to have some way of
saying "temp failure if we traced to a DNS server that wasn't responding"
and "permanant failure if we traced to a DNS dead end."

All in all, I'm upgrading our machines as soon as it seems stable enough
for production use.


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