From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 10 08:38:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA08406 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 May 1997 08:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA08395 for ; Sat, 10 May 1997 08:38:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id KAA21496; Sat, 10 May 1997 10:38:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199705101538.KAA21496@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: smtp server? To: shawn@luke.cpl.net (Shawn Ramsey) Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 10:38:04 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Shawn Ramsey at "May 10, 97 00:26:14 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Shawn Ramsey said: > Is there an easy way to restrict users outside our netmask from being able > to use our SMTP server? They way it is now, _anyone_ can set their SMTP > server to us, and there is nothing we can do about it. Is there a way > around this? > > thanks. Check out www.sendmail.org. There is a page on spammers. What you're trying to stop is using a relay. Put the given code in your .mc file and build a new config. Paul. -- Income Tax is equitable because you make a buck; you pay a buck. - Irv Anderson, DFL Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Reps