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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:52:44 -0800 (PST)
To: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
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Subject: Re: Ok, someone is trying to be funny
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Michael H. Warfield writes:
 > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:36:46PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
 > 	So block them using the /etc/mail/access database for sendmail
 > and do it with a "451" error code.  The data will back up on their
 > mail server and start clogging their mail spool till they get a clue.
 > (Ok...  5 day expiration on the messages, but ITMT, they get several
 > warning and error messages from each too).

We don't use sendmail at vger, we use zmailer.  Sendmail could
not keep up with the load :-)

And yes I've done the zmailer equivalent (manual SPAM block database)
of what you've suggested.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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