Re: spam

[Alvin Oga <alvin@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi

my first cut guess...

add his ip# or domain name into /etc/hosts.deny and restart inetd
if you are using smail w/ -bd option and restart smail

on your mail server:

    /etc/hosts.deny
	rsmtp:		FakeSpamTest.your_domain.com
	#
	rsmtp:		spammer.com
	in.smtpd:	spammer.com

    or the opposite

    /etc/hosts.allow
	rsmtp:		ALL EXCEPT FakeSpamTest.your_domain.com
	#
	rsmtp:		ALL EXCEPT spammer.com
	in.smtpd:	ALL EXCEPT spammer.com

- check which version of the daemon you need to use rsmtp or in.smtpd etc...
	( see smail log files and /var/log files )

- from your FakeSpamTest machine...try:

	[root@FakeSpamTest ~]# telnet mail.your_diomain.com 25
	- it should be denied

if you are running smail in standalone mode, than you need to tell smail
about the bad spammer.com site

otherwise...go to the anti-spam site...and tons of other stuff there...

have fun
alvin


> i am running Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2 on Debian 1.3 with kernal 2.0.33 and i
> would like to find a way to stop a single spammer who is reeking havoc on
> our system.  Is there an attribute or a file i can set up to block out this
> particular spammer in smail??
> 
> thanx.
>