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diff xml/dnsbl.in @ 152:c7fc218686f5
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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--- a/xml/dnsbl.in Tue Mar 27 15:24:43 2007 -0700 +++ b/xml/dnsbl.in Sat Jul 07 10:26:31 2007 -0700 @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ If the configuration cannot be loaded due to a syntax error, the milter will log the error and quit. If the configuration cannot be reloaded after being modified, the milter will log the error and send an email to - root from dnsbl@$hostname. You probably want to added dnsbl@$hostname + root from dnsbl@$hostname. You probably want to add dnsbl@$hostname to your /etc/mail/virtusertable since otherwise sendmail will reject that message. </para> @@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ <refsect1 id='filtering.1'> <title>Filtering Procedure</title> <para> + The SMTP envelope 'from' and 'to' values are used in various checks. + The first check is to see if a reply message (swapping the env_from and + env_to values) would be blocked. That check is similar to the main + check described below, but there is no body content to be scanned, and + there is no client connection ip address to be checked against DNSBLs. + This prevents folks from sending mail to recipients that are unable to + reply. + </para> + <para> If the client has authenticated with sendmail, the rate limits are checked. If the authenticated user has not exceeded the hourly rate limit, then the mail is accepted, the filtering contexts are not used,