Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:59:04 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting ordb.org to stop spam with sendmail Message-ID: <20030617175904.GJ64929@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030617161900.GC17961@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030617065209.GA9407@skytrackercanada.com> <20030617141346.GG64929@dan.emsphone.com> <20030617161900.GC17961@skytrackercanada.com>
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In the last episode (Jun 17), David Banning said: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:13:46AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Jun 17), David Banning said: > > > > > > I have tried to test that it is working by adding; > > > > > > 127.0.0.2 29.66.188.209.relays.ordb.org > > > > > > to my /etc/hosts file, as my ip address is 209.188.66.299 > > > > /etc/hosts is not examined for DNS lookups. You'll have to set up > > a fake relays.ordb.org zone in named if you want to test it on your > > own IP. > > Dan, your advice seems to contradict the ordb.org website which reads; > > -------- > How do I test if my mailserver is actually using ORDB.org? > > On Unix based systems: > > Become the root user: > > $ su - Edit /etc/hosts in your favourite editor: # vim /etc/hosts > Add the following line, substituting for your your local systems > inverted IP address: > > 127.0.0.2 <my reversed IP address>.relays.ordb.org Hm. I have just never seen sendmail open /etc/hosts on my system. After ktracing it I see that it does. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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