[root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: New 550s getting automagically placedinto access file]

[Mike Kercher]

Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of
theProblem <> wrote on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:48 AM:

: On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:27:29PM +0100, Martin.Hepworth wrote:
:: Dave
:: 
:: There's a CustomFunction called IPBlock that will update this list
:: based on number of messages received from an ip-address.....
:: 
:: Normally it's attached to "Always Looked Up Last" in the following
:: manner inside MailScanner.conf..
:: 
:: Always Looked Up Last = &IPBlock
:: 
: 

: 
: 
: 
: As I said this is set to no;
: however, when I did a tail on /etc/mail/acess I got:
: 
: 
: 66.220.2.220    550 Persistent Virus Source
: 212.122.114.249 550 Persistent Virus Source
: 85.68.131.183   550 Persistent Virus Source
: 69.11.213.106   550 Persistent Virus Source
: 66.201.40.102   550 Persistent Virus Source
: 85.2.209.213    550 Persistent Virus Source
: 83.112.32.94    550 Persistent Virus Source
: 200.62.150.49   550 We do not accept junk mail
: 89.24.82.141    550 We do not accept junk mail
: 
: 
: All that has changed recently is
: 
: clamd from 0.88.7 to 0.90.2
: spamd from 3.1.X to 3.2.0
: 
: and
: 
: MailScanner 4.58.9 to 4.59.4-2 just this weekend.
: 
: 
: I would like to turn off the 550 We do not accept junk mail
: feature as I would term it to be buggy, however the
: Presistent Virus Source can stay for now; get rid of the fraud/Virus
: mail thank you.
: 
:: 
:: --
:: Martin Hepworth
:: Snr Systems Administrator
:: Solid State Logic
:: Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
:: 
::: -----Original Message-----
::: From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
::: [mailto:mailscanner- bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of
::: Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the
::: Problem 
::: Sent: 08 May 2007 16:00
::: To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
::: Subject: [root at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: New 550s getting automagically
::: placed into access file] 
::: 
::: I have to resend this as I found in my logs the mailscanner.info
::: mailserver got listed as below.
::: 
::: ----- Forwarded message from "Dave Shariff Yadallee -  System
::: Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem"
::: <root at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> --- -- 
::: 
::: Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 07:44:36 -0600
::: From: "Dave Shariff Yadallee -  System Administrator a.k.a. The
::: Root of the Problem" <root at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
::: To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
::: Subject: New 550s getting automagically placed into access file
::: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14
::: 
::: I know there are 3 new packages out for MailScanner, spamd and clamd
::: however I cannot determine with is adding to the /etc/mail/access
::: file 550 We do not accept junk mail .
::: 
::: I need to turn of this feature as it block transmission from
::: secondary to primary. 
::: 
::: Also I am running Botnet 0.7 .
::: 
::: ----- End forwarded message -----

Are you running Vispan?

-Mike