Subject: Re: Stop SPAM, please
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2001 - 16:16:31 CST
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 05:08:46PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Sam TH wrote:
> >Most likely, this has to do with you being one of the addresses that
> >patches@abisource.com goes to. I know I started getting spam when I
> >got that address. But I will look into it. (not that I know much
> >about postfix configuration).
>
> According to my test, parsons.abisource.com is not an open relay. Postfix does
> not install as an open relay by default. Check the site that parsons got the
> spam to see if it is an open relay.
>
> To block open relays from sending to Postfix, add these lines to
> /etc/postfix/main.cf :
>
> smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_maps_rbl
> access_map_reject_code = 554
> maps_rbl_domains = blackholes.mail-abuse.org relays.mail-abuse.org
Unless this is a serious problem for someone, I don't want to do
this. We might have someone on one of the lists who lives behind one
of the RBL blackholed sites.
And thanks for the test and the tip, Pierre.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
GnuPG Key:
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/key
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