RE: [cobalt-users] Script for blocking spammer domains

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > > For those of you interested, I wrote a small Perl script that will
> > > download MindSpring's list of active spammer domains and put
> these in your
> > > /etc/mail/access file. It will reload the access database
> automatically.
> > > Additions made via the Cobalt GUI will remain untouched.
> > >
> > Will it check for duplicates in case your access file has the
> same domain
> > listed?
>
> No, it wont. However, I think that when sendmail builds the new databse,
> it deletes the duplicates for you. Correct me if Im wrong.
>
No, it doesn't. At least not on the RaQ2. When I made an entry to the list
at the bottom, without checking to see if it was already listed, it would be
listed twice.

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Dan Kriwitsky