on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:39:53AM +1000, Sam Varghese (sam@gnubies.com) wrote: > hi > > i help to run a potato server for a group of elderly/disabled people. > we use exim 3.12 as the MTA. > > some of our members have been getting offensive email from a > certain person and i would like to block this. the problem is > that i cannot block mail from the domain as it is a fairly > public one. > > i would be grateful if any of the assembled could advise me > or point me to docs to find out what syntax to use in the exim.conf > to block email from specific email addresses. > > i have looked at the exim docs and searched with google; > there is plenty on how to keep out mail from a particular domain > but nothing on blocking email from a particular user. Got a shift key on that keyboard of yours? Procmail is generally recommended for this. The spamfilter package includes support for generating black, white, and grey lists, which can be most useful. Alternatives have been discussed on list in the past few weeks. STFW generally for "mail filtering" and "spam filtering". -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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