Unknown user again

[Gib Gilbertson Jr.]

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Hi.

At 10:18 AM 10/20/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have been doing some digging on trying to understand how to fix my
>"Unknown User" issue where Mailscanner is used as a gateway to other mail
>servers.  My problem is that spam email destined to an unknown user on
>another server serviced by my gateway, ends up piling up in my queues and I
>end up sending an undeliverable message to innocent bystanders who are
>unlucky enough to be in the forged from address.
>
>I have seen several solutions mentioned in this list, however, none of them
>quite fit my environment.  I am running Mailscanner and sendmail as a
>gateway.  The gateway serves as a spam and virus filter for several diverse
>/ non-integrated mail servers.  Here is what I have found as possible
>solutions, but for some reason or another it doesnt quite solve my solution
>in all cases.


You could also use milter-ahead with sendmail. This is what I did and it
cut e-mail going through the gateway from about 30k per day to under 10k
per day. You can find out about it here:

    http://www.milter.org/archives/001433.php

Good luck

gib


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      Gib Gilbertson Jr.
     Tierramiga Info Systems
      619-287-8647 Support
      http://www.tmisnet.com
      San Diego's "Friendly ISP"

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