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