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[Julian Field]

Scott Silva wrote:
> Alex Neuman van der Hans spake the following on 5/30/2007 10:36 AM:
>   
>> I'd like to know if, like in:
>>
>> From:   1.2.3.   yes # Whitelist everything that *begins with* 1.2.3. in
>> its IP Address
>>     
That will test the IP address of the host sending out the SMTP.
>> one could:
>>
>> From:   *.blableble.com     yes     # ... do the same with everything
>> that reverse-resolves to something.blableble.com
>> or
>> From:   .blableble.com   yes # or this way...
>>     
That will match against the sender address in the message envelope, 
nothing to do with the IP address that is sending the SMTP.

If you want to match against the SMTP client IP address, you have to use 
the numeric format in your first example.
> Should work, but will open you up to every spam mail that pretends to come
> from that domain. But I think the above will only match sub-domains of
> blableble.com, like server1.blableble.com or otherserver.blableble.com
>
>   

Jules

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