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Re: Deterring mail relay attempts



lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
> Just to be curious, what is the thinking/idea/advantage behind
> disallowing connections by firewall rules instead of denying the
> relaying or blacklisting the originating IPs through exims
> configuration?

A firewall rule can blacklist the IP address rather than just the (SMTP)
service. From my personal perspective, that fits the bill exactly. I
just wish I'd started using fail2ban a few years ago!

Chris


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