How do I stop this???

[Stephen Swaney]

You should be able to use this feature in sendmail to limit access. Below is
the best reference I know about using sendmail access map features.

http://blue-labs.org/howto/access_hints.php

Check to see if there is a Makefile in your /etc/mail directory. If there is
simply:

        cd /etc/mail
        make

This should correctly remake any maps that need updating. Note that the
default MailScanner init.d script remakes these maps, if needed, every time
MailScanner is restarted.

Also
        strings /etc/mail/access.db | more

Should show you the contents of access.db

Steve
Stephen Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
Steve.Swaney at FSL.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Gerry Doris
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 5:22 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: How do I stop this???
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>
> snip...
> >
> > The makemap command should then be
> >
> > makemap hash accessdb < access
>
> No, that isn't correct.  The above command will create a hash file called
> accessdb.db.  I need a file called access.db which is produced by
>
> makemap hash access < access
>
> I'm certain that there is nothing wrong with my access.db file.  Perhaps
> I'm putting the wrong address in it but generating it isn't the problem.
>
> What I want to do is quietly discard specific email messages sent to me
> without causing a load on my system.  I thought I could use sendmail's
> access database to accomplish this but it isn't working.  My access.db
> file working for other entries.
>
> The messages in question are being discarded but sendmail is still writing
> the error to my syslog.  The error in the syslog is
>
> Mar 27 12:15:05 tiger sendmail[24994]: i2RHF53U024994: Syntax error in
> mailbox
> address "dayzersagency?@spinfinder.com" (non-printable character)
>
> --
> Gerry
>
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