> I think if you set the option to "Delay Checks" then they could still > send.
Greetings Ken, That's what I thought as well, but not what I actually observed on my BX5107 servers. I do not use the AV-SPAM package, I use a hosted MX based spam & AV filter service instead. To address the spammers' attempts to bypass the mx filter by connecting directly to my SMTP, I added zen.spamhaus.org on the Blacklisting tab of the Email Servers Settings in Network Services > Email. That took care of those hoseheads trying to bypass the MX. I checkmarked the "Enable delay_checks" option on the Advanced tab, because of this description for that option: "delay_checks changes the order Sendmail checks if a connection is correct or not, this is a good option to us if you use RBL blacklists." I thought that would enable customers sending email out via my SMTP that connect with SMTP-AUTH to bypass the RBL check, but it did not. Even thought the customer logged in with SMTP-AUTH, they were then blocked from sending mail by the RBL. I had to add their IP connection hostname to the relay list in order to allow them to send mail. Not a big deal in this particular case because I know where these customers are coming from, but still I thought if they logged in via SMTP-AUTH they should be verified and not have to then go through the RBL check as well. Regards, dAvid tHacker Email: da...@thackernet.com Thacker Network Technologies Inc. http://www.ThackerNet.com _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
