Matt,
Presumably you don't really need to add them to /etc/hosts.deny or block
all packets at a firewall or some such.
Add them to /etc/mail/deny and then do
"makemap -v hash /etc/mail/deny < /etc/mail/deny"
That will make you a "/etc/mail/deny.db".
My entry for this site looks like:
okpcm.com Garbage autoresponder SPAM site -- access denied
You DON'T need to restart sendmail when you do this.
Of course either the above or your total block precludes you from receiving
a response from okpcm.com, unless you provide them with a reply address to
other than your blocked site. :-)
pete peterson
GenRad, Inc.
7 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886-0033
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1-978-589-7478 (GenRad); +1-978-256-5829 (Home: Chelmsford, MA)
+1-978-589-2088 (Closest FAX); +1-978-589-7007 (Main GenRad FAX)
> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 08:30:57 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Matt Housh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Problematic mailing to the list ?
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> I haven't had any problems with [EMAIL PROTECTED], only with
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyway, I've heard nothing back from [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (probably all go to the same
> account anyway), so I finally just completely blocked all traffic from
> okpcm.com through my domain. Maybe it's overkill, but that kind of thing
> annoys the crap out of me. I added okpcm.com and 205.186.221. to my
> /etc/hosts.deny to start, but that doesn't solve the problem, as the abuse
> in question involves sendmail, which for most of us is not controlled by
> inetd (which uses hosts.deny/allow). So then I proceeded to just deny ALL
> incoming packets from okpcm.com. Seems so far to have solved the problem,
> as they can't connect to my mail server. In any case, I'd like to hear
> back from okpcm.com, if for no other reason that to ease my curiosity.
>
> Matt
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