Mercurial > dnsbl
diff xml/dnsbl.in @ 162:c4bce911c276 stable-6-03
don't add auto whitelist for A to A
author | carl |
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date | Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:25:17 -0700 |
parents | d384df37491f |
children | 97d7da45fe2a |
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--- a/xml/dnsbl.in Tue Jul 10 14:09:23 2007 -0700 +++ b/xml/dnsbl.in Sat Jul 14 12:25:17 2007 -0700 @@ -176,11 +176,15 @@ allowed to relay thru this mail server with no spam filtering. </para> <para> - Consider the case of a message from A to B passing thru this milter. - If that message is not blocked, then we might eventually see a reply + Consider the case of a message from A to B passing thru this milter. If + that message is not blocked, then we might eventually see a reply message from B to A. If the filtering context for A includes an - autowhite entry, then this milter will add an entry in that file to - whitelist such replies for a configurable time period. Such autowhite + autowhite entry, and that context does <emphasis>not</emphasis> cover B + as a recipient, then this milter will add an entry in that file to + whitelist such replies for a configurable time period. Suppose A and B + are in the same domain, or at least use the same filtering context. In + that case we don't want to add a whitelist entry for B, since that would + then allow spammers to send mail from B (forged) to B. Such autowhite files need to be writeable by the dnsbl user, where all the other dnsbl configuration files only need to be readable by the dnsbl user. </para>