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Re: tcsender email bombing
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 00:48:03 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, John-David Childs wrote:
You may want to change your 451 errors into 571 errors at least for this particular domain. From RFC1893:
Yep...changing those transient error codes into permenant ones will severely discourage compliant MTA's. I got a few dozen attempts from this one...but not enough that I'd have noticed it over the other hundreds. Nov 4 05:34:55 yoda sendmail[18159]: Ruleset check_mail (<tcsender () get-more-hits com>) rejection: 518 <tcsender () get-more-hits com>... unresolvable host name, check your configuration. Nov 4 05:34:55 yoda sendmail[18159]: FAA18159: from=<tcsender () get-more-hits com>, size=0, class=0, pri=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, relay=root () linked net [209.24.1.201] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lewis <jlewis () fdt net> | Unsolicited commercial e-mail will Network Administrator | be proof-read for $199/message. Florida Digital Turnpike | ______http://inorganic5.fdt.net/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key____
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