spam.backlist.rules vs sendmail access file

[Denis Beauchemin]

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Richard Smith wrote:

> Been having issues with a virus using specific addresses as a from  
> address that happens to be a valid address, but no one should be  
> sending anything from it (a basic group mail address in /etc/aliases).
>
> At first I put "From: groupaddress at host yes" in spam.blacklist.rules  
> however this has proved to be unreliable, I have sinced put "From:  
> groupaddress at host REJECT" into my /etc/mail/access and while it's too  
> soon to know the difference I'm expecting this to have better results.


Richard,

Just want to point out that there should be no space after From: in the 
access file.

Denis

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