<snip>>Yes, it would be nice if you could just type in "cw" and it did some magic"." should not be included. They should be entered as "cw" and "tw". Then it will work.
and blocked anything originating in China...assuming you don't mind getting no email from China. <g>
I probably wouldn't mind no email from china.. prolly couldn't read it anyway but now I'm confused... does it work or not?? I mean, if we remove the . and put in like kr for all of the korea mail, it sure would make it easier than what I have been doing, that being, putting in ip ranges into my chains rules like xx.xx.xx.xx/xx for port 25 and that keeps them out.. but what a long list!! I also worry at what point that a set of ipchains rules gets so many entries into it that it would begin to slow the system due to having to check against all of the ranges..
The only other thing that I worry about.. I've added things into the control panel mail ban list and then, I believe it actually sends back the mail with a "blocked do to possible spam" which, because after doing this to about 25 in a day, I see about 25 to 50 new ones, more than usual the next day. Is it possible this triggers thier "valid email" thing, similar to what happens when someone clicks on the remove or responds with remove in the address???
Did I mention that I HATE spam??? The sandwiches are ok.. as long as you bury them in enough lettuce to hide the taste.. but the email version can go bury itself!!
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