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Re: [cobalt-users] sendmail block list question
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] sendmail block list question
- From: Glenn Parsons <gparsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Nov 12 10:11:00 2003
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
At 10:37 AM 11/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
I've been looking at using a block list and I'm looking at
sbl.spamhaus.org and/or dynablock.easynet.nl. One question I have about
this whole thing is regarding our home users. If a user tries to use us
for their mail server from a home connection will they get blocked or will
the POP-before-SMTP prevent this? I'm guessing that, from what I've read
so far, if the block list comes after the popauth stuff in sendmail.cf it
would be okay.
Thanks.
--
Josh
Hi Josh,
Your users will be blocked by one of the BLs if their current connection
was used or listed for spamming only. As home users they may be blocked for
SMTP by their ISP as well, without prior notification (read: Cox cable). If
they have a semi-smart mail client, they can force it to login to their
account to check mail before retrieving, thus tripping PopB4SMTP.
Cheers