James Smallacombe <james@pil.net> asks:
>
>I created a file in qmail/control called badmailfrom and placed one line
>there like this:
>
>@domain.com
>
>Yet I can still get mail from that domain. Is my syntax wrong, or did I
>miss a step?
>
Remember that badmailfrom is matched to the *envelope* sender address,
not the one that appears in the headers.
Take a look at the "From " (no colon) and "Return-Path:" headers
to see the envelope sender addresses on your mail flood.
-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET
>
>I created a file in qmail/control called badmailfrom and placed one line
>there like this:
>
>@domain.com
>
>Yet I can still get mail from that domain. Is my syntax wrong, or did I
>miss a step?
>
Remember that badmailfrom is matched to the *envelope* sender address,
not the one that appears in the headers.
Take a look at the "From " (no colon) and "Return-Path:" headers
to see the envelope sender addresses on your mail flood.
-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET