On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:48:09AM +0200, Hans Wilmer wrote: > > In your exim.conf add a line like this: > > > > host_reject_recipients = lsearch;/etc/mail/block/hosts > > I've set: sender_reject = /etc/exim.reject > > Specifying lsearch; seems to make a difference (unless this is the > default lookup method). How does your file look like, and what's the > reason for using lsearch?
Linear search - from top to bottom, I presume, because this is a text file. > > I have added it in the main configuration settings part, > > just after the smtp_verify option. > > Hm, I did the same, though I don't know what the VRFY command does. I > guess it was enabled in the default configuration file and I left it > untoched. according to my limited understanding, if the smtp_verify setting is set to true then exim will check incoming mail to see if it is orginating from a genuine smtp address. > > Basically, this is telling exim that the IPs to be blocked > > are in a file called hosts > > located in /etc/mail/block; the lsearch means it is a text > > file and a linear search has to be carried out to identify > > IPs which have to be blocked. > > IPs? Then you must be blocking whole hosts instead of certain > senders. I'm just specifying the sender addresses and make use > wildcards where appropriate. probably yes. i have a few IPs listed that seem to generate lots of spam and are not yet in the mailabuse.net database. > Hm, you seem to be using a different version of exim. What > distribution are you using? potato. > Thank you very much for your help! :) Meanwhile, I've started thinking > about using ETRN (with my own official domain) as it seems to fit my > needs the best. can't help you there. i haven'd dallied with anything other than exim - it does the smtp bit from my own workstation and handles mail on my server. sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
