Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:55:44 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, questions@freebsd.org Cc: sendmail@sendmail.org Subject: Re: virtusertable blocking seems to have no effect Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060328175342.028dbf20@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <200603281422.57389.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200603281422.57389.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>
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Block that in /etc/mail/access instead, use this syntax:
@example.com ERROR:550 " No spam, thanks"
Note the leading space and use of double quotes.
-Derek
At 01:22 PM 3/28/2006, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I host a domain with a handful of "real" addresses. I noticed, that
>spammers are using a variety of random-generated names @mydomain and wish
>to block such addresses with "No spam" responses instead of "User unknown".
>
>Here is (almost) what I have in the virtusertable:
>
> stol@example.com foo
> hq@example.com bar
> @example.com error:5.7.0:550 No spam, thanks
>
>I can see the "No spam,thanks" messages logged in the maillog (without the
>space after coma, for some reason), but there is no reject=550 message
>logged (which interferes with my other software) and some of these
>messages seem to pass through (although others are intercepted by other
>anti-spam defenses).
>
>For example, here are the only two log entries, that a spam message generates:
>
>Mar 28 13:45:58 corbulon sendmail[40026]: k2SIjvvb040026:
><xgfytxswpcpc@blackalpinist.com>... No spam,thanks
>Mar 28 13:45:58 corbulon sendmail[40026]: k2SIjvvb040026:
>from=<example@example.net>, size=3305, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP,
>daemon=MTA, relay=example.example.net [xx.x.xx.xxx]
>
>Despite the "No spam,thanks" the message was accepted.
>
>What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
> -mi
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