[cobalt-users] Re:Annoying email "service" seems to be "servicing" my RaQ3

[Charlie Summers <charlie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:00 PM -0500 2/14/02, Cobalter is rumored to have typed:

> Is there ANY way to effectively keep this site from SYN'ing my sendmail
> server?? I've added his IP address to the /etc/mail/access list, the
> hosts.deny list, the GUI reject list, and STILL it seems like I've got a
> leech on me! Pop-before-smtp doesn't keep 'em from trying, either...

   Bone up on using ipchains:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html

   ...once properly configured, your box will just drop any packets from that
machine (or that block) on the floor.

         Charlie