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gpl3, block mail to recipients that cannot reply
| author | carl |
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| date | Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:26:31 -0700 |
| parents | 9581f6e62574 |
| children | 8d7c439bb6fa |
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| 180 startup, and whenever the config file (or any of the referenced include | 180 startup, and whenever the config file (or any of the referenced include |
| 181 files) is changed. The entire configuration file is case insensitive. | 181 files) is changed. The entire configuration file is case insensitive. |
| 182 If the configuration cannot be loaded due to a syntax error, the milter | 182 If the configuration cannot be loaded due to a syntax error, the milter |
| 183 will log the error and quit. If the configuration cannot be reloaded | 183 will log the error and quit. If the configuration cannot be reloaded |
| 184 after being modified, the milter will log the error and send an email to | 184 after being modified, the milter will log the error and send an email to |
| 185 root from dnsbl@$hostname. You probably want to added dnsbl@$hostname | 185 root from dnsbl@$hostname. You probably want to add dnsbl@$hostname |
| 186 to your /etc/mail/virtusertable since otherwise sendmail will reject | 186 to your /etc/mail/virtusertable since otherwise sendmail will reject |
| 187 that message. | 187 that message. |
| 188 </para> | 188 </para> |
| 189 </refsect1> | 189 </refsect1> |
| 190 | 190 |
| 249 </para> | 249 </para> |
| 250 </refsect1> | 250 </refsect1> |
| 251 | 251 |
| 252 <refsect1 id='filtering.1'> | 252 <refsect1 id='filtering.1'> |
| 253 <title>Filtering Procedure</title> | 253 <title>Filtering Procedure</title> |
| 254 <para> | |
| 255 The SMTP envelope 'from' and 'to' values are used in various checks. | |
| 256 The first check is to see if a reply message (swapping the env_from and | |
| 257 env_to values) would be blocked. That check is similar to the main | |
| 258 check described below, but there is no body content to be scanned, and | |
| 259 there is no client connection ip address to be checked against DNSBLs. | |
| 260 This prevents folks from sending mail to recipients that are unable to | |
| 261 reply. | |
| 262 </para> | |
| 254 <para> | 263 <para> |
| 255 If the client has authenticated with sendmail, the rate limits are | 264 If the client has authenticated with sendmail, the rate limits are |
| 256 checked. If the authenticated user has not exceeded the hourly rate | 265 checked. If the authenticated user has not exceeded the hourly rate |
| 257 limit, then the mail is accepted, the filtering contexts are not used, | 266 limit, then the mail is accepted, the filtering contexts are not used, |
| 258 the dns lists are not checked, and the body content is not scanned. If | 267 the dns lists are not checked, and the body content is not scanned. If |