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Re: [cobalt-users] A Better Way to Block Spam?



Hi,
At 23:33 13-12-2001 -0500, Steve West wrote:
>Lately, we have been getting lots of Spam using email addresses such as
>postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx , or admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx etc. I'm trying to figure
>out how I can better block spammers from using these email addresses.

Rejecting email addressed to postmaster@xxxxxxxxxx is a nono.  According to
the RFCs, you should accept email for postmaster if you are running a mail
server for domain.com.

You wouldn't want to block mail for admin as the system generated emails
are forwarded to that mailbox.

Regards,
-sm