OT: Postfix pre-MailScanner Policy Daemon

Martin Hepworth martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM
Tue Jul 5 16:53:58 IST 2005


Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Martin Hepworth wrote on         Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:35:53 +0100:
> 
> 
>>Another option I use is to only allow in valid email addresses and the 
>>MTA. I drop over 70% of my email that way..and don't get any FP's from 
>>RBLs ;-) 
>> 
>>Yes in theory you are open to email guessing attacks, but then my SA and 
>> MS are very well setup so this doesn't add much risk :-) 
>> 
>>No idea how you do this in PF as I run Exim....
> 
> 
> I suppose you simply have to abandon using wildcards :-)
> 
> BTW: I see a lot of mails from you on several lists and I read many of them 
> because they contain valuable information. But there's one thing which 
> drives me crazy: often I have to scroll endlessly down before I can read 
> your comment. Sometimes I just skip the message because I only see "green" 
> (quotes are colored in green by my newsreader). Is there a reason that you 
> don't trim the quotes other than comfort?
> 
> Kai
> 
Laziness and a tendency to top post (ducks as internet police fire 
batton rounds)

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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