Since this was installed roughly a month ago on our mail relayer, it has rejected 494,807 invalid connections and accepted 81,281 valid connections.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Check recipients at SMTP time No problem sharing as i'm just a monkey following someone elses instructions! http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/postfix-exchange-users.html is the guide, it's for postfix but I'd guess it can be adapted reasonably easily? Put it this way, I've around 600 valid mailboxes and we're on a leased line hosting our own mail and so far this week alone we've bounced 7500 emails to invalid addresses during the from/to part of the transaction.. cheers, Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 February 2004 13:58 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Check recipients at SMTP time > > > Hi Paul, > I also run a Linux SMTP relay (with Exim and > SpamAssassin). I have > Exim setup to do recipient verification on my Exchange box, > but because the > IMS blindly accepts any recipient it doesn't do me any good. > Plus, because > most of the senders are invalid also, I'm creating a mail > loop. It's very > frustrating. > > How do you get a copy of the GAL to your Linux box? > Some kind of > Perl script with LDAP? I'd be curious to learn more about > this if you're > willing to share. > > Thanks, > Steven > --- > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Network Administrator > The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Check recipients at SMTP time > > > We we use 5.5 and I setup a linux/postfix smtp relay which > has an hourly > updated copy of the GAL so it only accepts mail to legitimate > users.. takes > a little setting up but works a charm. > > I know that ORF from Vamsoft will do a similar thing but I > think you need an > Exchange 2000 box behind it? Also Xwall will do it, but > again I believe you > have to manually setup the valid addresses. > > regards, > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 February 2004 11:46 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Check recipients at SMTP time > > > > > > With MyDoom and spam bouncing around forging invalid e-mail > > addresses, I'm > > generating tons of bounce notifications that don't go > > anywhere. I noticed > > that Exchange 5.5 doesn't verify the recipient during SMTP > > time, but after > > the message is received. Thus the bounce messages. This > > sucks. Is there > > anyway to configure Exchange 5.5 IMS to reject messages at > > SMTP time with > > 5xx error when an invalid recipient is given? Note, I'm only > > talking about > > recipient names with the correct domain. My Exchange server > > does correctly > > give a 550 for relaying attempts. > > > > Thanks, > > Steven > > --- > > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Network Administrator > > The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia > Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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